Tafsiran yang Mengutip untuk Yesaya 13:5

Thus you have four kinds [of material] together in each and every thread. . . Explanation: all were entwined [into one thick thread], for it is written, “Twined.” The ו of ותכלת has the meaning of ב . Thus the verse conveys: “Fine linen entwined with greenish blue, dark red, and crimson.” It is like the ו in ה' שלחני ורוחו (Yeshaya 48:16), which means: “Hashem sent me with His spirit.” Similarly, ה' וכלי זעמו (ibid. 13:5), which means: “Hashem with His weapons of wrath.”

You will find a passage in the Jerusalem Talmud Taanit 2,1 which describes a similar phenomenon. Rabbi Levi, when asked the meaning of the expression ארך אפים, said it meant “to keep destructive anger at a distance.” The whole matter can be illustrated by a parable.” A king had two heavily armed divisions of troops at his command. He reasoned that if he were to allow the soldiers of these divisions to dwell in his proximity this would have dire consequences for his citizens in the event that those would commit acts angering their ruler. The soldiers would take immediate drastic steps against such disobedient citizens. The king therefore decided to station his troops some distance from his capital so that in the event the people became guilty of a misdemeanour they would have time to repent before falling victim to the wrath of these soldiers in their fierce loyalty to their king. Here G’d informed Moses that He had stationed His agents (who would act as executors of His decrees) far enough away to afford the errant sinners an opportunity to repent in time.
There are some Biblical verses which appear to support this idea, such as Isaiah 13,5: “they come from a distant land, from the end of the sky; the Lord with His weapons of wrath, to ravage the earth.” [In other words, retribution, though on its way, is some time away. Ed.] Rabbi Yitzchak goes further, basing himself on Jeremiah 50,25: “the Lord has opened His armory and brought out the weapons of His wrath;” he interprets these verses as describing how much time will elapse between the sin causing the wrath of the Lord and the enactment of punitive decrees against the sinners in question. During all this time the attribute of Mercy may be activated through prayer and repentance. Rabbi Meir interprets the word יוצא, “comes forth,” in Isaiah 26,21: ”the Lord shall come forth from His place to punish the dwellers on earth,” as G’d leaving (forsaking) the attribute of Justice in favor of the attribute of Mercy. [The prophet speaks about the Gentiles who will become the object of G’d’s wrath thus affording the Jewish people a breathing space, i.e. treatment by the attribute of Mercy. Ed.] Thus far the quote from the Jerusalem Talmud in Taanit 2,4.
Our sages in Rosh Hashanah 17 also mention that the covenant G’d made with Moses concerning these thirteen attributes includes the promise that the people who invoke them will not return empty-handed from their prayer. They base this on the wording in verse 10 הנה אנכי כורת ברית נגד כל עמך, “here I enter into a covenant with you in the presence of all your people, etc.
Nonetheless, if the sins of the people are too numerous and have accumulated, G’d will reverse the attributes of Mercy mentioned here; this is what was meant by Isaiah 1,4 when he said: ‘they have forsaken the Lord, spurned the Holy One of Israel, turned their backs on Him.” The words נזורו אחור in that verse describe that the behavior of the Jewish people caused G’d to reverse the attributes with which He relates to them. Concerning the words: “they have abandoned the Lord,” G’d asks rhetorically: “I who have been known as the compassionate and gracious G’d have now been forced to reverse My attributes and have appeared to them as the cruel G’d.”

The words ואתם פרו ורבו “and you be fruitful and multiply,” have been placed here in order to teach that anyone who fails to practice the commandment to procreate is just as bad as someone who has committed murder. In fact, the sages in Yevamot 63 go so far as to say that failure to try and procreate is not only akin to bloodshed but that he is guilty of diminishing G-d’s image in the world. Different scholars phrase this idea slightly differently but they all agree that failure to attempt to procreate is equivalent to damaging G-d’s image in the eyes of His creatures. The idea underlying such statements is Genesis 17,7 in which the covenant between Avraham and G-d stipulates להיות לך לאלוקים ולזרעך אחריך, “to be your G-d and the G-d of your descendants after you.” G-d meant that as long as you will do your best to have descendants G-d’s benevolent presence will be manifest amongst you. If you leave no descendants after you, on whom is G-d’s benevolent presence supposed to manifest itself? On the trees? On the stones?
We need to explore the precise meaning of Rabbi Akiva who speaks of man who does not try and start a family as diminishing the image of G-d.” How can man “diminish” G-d’s image? Rabbi Akiva was careful not to say that such people “void” G-d’s image. We have a verse in Isaiah 13,4 קול המון בהרים דמות עם רב, “the sound of a great multitude of people, creating the impression (image) of a great many people.” There are similar verses in the Bible, and our sages explain that the expression דמות עם רב is a reference to G-d Himself.
There is another homiletical explanation of the verse in Song of Songs 1,9 דמיתיך רעיתי as meaning that on occasion a human being has the impression as if he had seen an image of G-d similar to what is described in Exodus 15,2 This is my G-d and I want to exalt Him.” This is why Solomon wrote in Song of Songs דמיתיך רעיתי “I have had an image of You as my beloved companion.”