Isaías 65:16 Cabalá: Sha'arei Orah

This is the secret of the verse,¹⁷⁹Isaiah 65:16 “Whoever blesses himself in the land, shall bless himself by the Faithful God-Elohei Amen-אלה״י אמן.” The matter of Amen-אמן is the drawing down of blessings from the name Eheye”h-אהי״ה to the name HaShem-יהו״ה, and from the name HaShem-יהו״ה to the name of Lordship-Adona”y-אדנ״י. You thus have learned that all who pray with intentions (Kavanot) in the manner we have stated, unify the Sefirot and bring them close to each other. This being so, contemplate what HaShem-יהו״ה, blessed is He, told Avraham,¹⁸⁰Genesis 15:5 “Thus-Koh-כה shall your offspring be-Yihiyeh Zar’echa-יהיה זרעך.” In other words, you must ascend from the quality of Thus-Koh-כה, which is the lowest, and ascend to the quality of Eheye”h-אהיה, which is the highest, and from there you will receive the seed of children-Zera-זרע.

We thus find that whosoever denies his oath, the seven-Sheva-שבע days of Creation, which are the matter of all the days of the world, become like his enemies who seek his destruction, in that each day curses him. Therefore,¹⁶⁹Isaiah 65:16 “Whosoever makes an oath in the land shall swear in the God of Truth-B’Elo”hei Amen-באלה"י אמן.” That is, he must be careful to be faithful-נאמן to the God of Truth-Amen-אמן.¹⁷⁰The root of the word Truth-Emet-אמת is the three-letter root אמן, which is a declaration of the truth of something. See Sefer HaShorashim Radak, Amen-אמן.

Now, the Craftsman-Ooman-אומן is the matter of Amen-אמן. Thus,¹⁷²Tractate Shevuot 29b answering Amen-אמן, is like making an oath-Shevuah-שבועה. This is the meaning of the verse,¹⁷³Isaiah 65:16 “Whosoever makes an oath in the land shall swear in the God of Truth-B’Elo”hei Amen-באלה"י אמן. That is, when someone takes an oath, he swears in the name of the Craftsman-Ooman-אומן who created the world. This is the meaning of what our sages, of blessed memory, explained about the verse,¹⁷⁴Proverbs 8:30 “I was with Him as a babe-Amon-אמון.” They explained,¹⁷⁵Zohar Part 3, 282b “do not just read it as Amon-אמון, but read it as Amen-אמן.” Our sages, of blessed memory, thus said,¹⁷⁶Tractate Shevuot 29b that when a person answers Amen-אמן to an oath that is being administered to him, it is the same as declaring the oath himself. With the help of HaShem-יהו"ה, blessed is He, the matter of the word Amen-אמן, by way of the drawing down of influence through the “conduits,” will be explained later (in the Third and Fourth Gates).