Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
הערת לימוד
Study Note
The imperative sequence 'learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow' condenses the entirety of social ethics into a four-part program that extends from the judiciary ('seek judgment') to personal advocacy for the most vulnerable. The opening 'learn to do well' (limdu hetev) implies that moral and social responsibility is an acquired skill requiring intentional formation — not merely natural instinct or legal compliance. The four imperatives move from abstract ('seek judgment') to specific ('relieve, judge, plead'), from institutional to personal, embodying the prophetic conviction that justice is measured by the welfare of those who cannot advocate for themselves. This verse, with Micah 6:8 and Amos 5:24, constitutes the classic prophetic charter for Christian social ethics and advocacy.
תרגומים נוספים
learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive <FI>for<Fi> the widow.
Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.
הפניות צולבות
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
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