Pensamento Judaico sobre Jó 19:24

After these words of truth I, who am young of years, and who laps up the words of the wise, after reading the call which God sounded in the ears of the prophet to “describe the House to the House of Israel so that they be ashamed of their sins [and] let them measure its outline” took this call to heart. Perhaps I have the potential to understand some aspect of the vision. Conscious that “the task is not ours to complete, nor may we neglect it,”¹⁶Avos 2:16. and after reviewing twice and a third time, the words of Rashi, the most prominent of commentators, I realized that it would be very valuable to make a design with an encompassing picture, that would be “a remembrance between my eyes,”¹⁷Cf. Shmos 13:9. as we were commanded, as explained above. When some of my noble contemporaries saw my picture, they implored me to engrave it with a pen of iron and lead¹⁸Cf. Iyov 19:24; i.e., to commit the work to print. so that it will endure for an extended time,¹⁹Cf. Yirmeyahu 32:14. until the end of time, acquiring for me the merit of the many. For when ten enter the House of Study, none turn to Yechez­kel’s vision of the House, because of the difficulty of understanding his prophecies.