אֶרָץ אוֹמֶרֶת - Earth Says...
Tehillim 24:1
לַיהוָה הָאָרֶץ וּמְלוֹאָהּ תֵּבֵל וְיֹשְׁבֵי בָהּ
L'HASHEM haaretz umeloa tevel veishevei va
The earth is HaShem's, and the fullness thereof, the world and they that dwell in it.
And it says...
Yeshayahu 24:16
מִכְּנַף הָאָרֶץ זְמִרֹת שָׁמַעְנוּ צְבִי לַצַּדִּיק וָאֹמַר רָזִי-לִי רָזִי-לִי אוֹי לִי בֹּגְדִים בָּגָדוּ וּבֶגֶד בּוֹגְדִים בָּגָדוּ
miknaf haaretz zemirot shamanu tzevi latzadik vaomar razi-li razi-li oi li bogdim bagadu uveged bogdim bagadu
From the end of the earth, songs do I hear - glory for the righteous!
But I say, this is my secret, this is my secret!
Woe is me, for traitors will betray, a treacherous betrayal will they betray!
The Zohar says that the Holy Spirit first rested upon David and only then he uttered this song. This song makes clear that the purpose of Creation is to establish the kingship of G-d in the world. David composed this psalm for the occasion when the Aron would be placed in the Holy Temple - "His sanctuary" (24:3)
David goes on to describe the qualities that a man must possess before he can enter the Beit HaMikdash, and he concludes the psalm with the verses that will be recited when the Aron will be brought into the Temple. They begin, "Lift up your heads, O you gates, and be lifted up, you everlasting doors; so the King of glory may enter." (24:7).
Yeshayahu hears in his prophetic vision the songs to be sung in the Future - from the "end of the earth," from the End of Days, those songs can be heard throughout time. The time will then come when the righteous will reign and G-d will give them glory. When will this be? Yeshayahu knows, but cannot say - he is sworn to secrecy. But this much he can say, much suffering will pass, much treacherous betrayal of the Jewish people. And Yeshayahu wails repeatedly, over the betrayal of his people and over the fate of those who betray them.
David goes on to describe the qualities that a man must possess before he can enter the Beit HaMikdash, and he concludes the psalm with the verses that will be recited when the Aron will be brought into the Temple. They begin, "Lift up your heads, O you gates, and be lifted up, you everlasting doors; so the King of glory may enter." (24:7).
Yeshayahu hears in his prophetic vision the songs to be sung in the Future - from the "end of the earth," from the End of Days, those songs can be heard throughout time. The time will then come when the righteous will reign and G-d will give them glory. When will this be? Yeshayahu knows, but cannot say - he is sworn to secrecy. But this much he can say, much suffering will pass, much treacherous betrayal of the Jewish people. And Yeshayahu wails repeatedly, over the betrayal of his people and over the fate of those who betray them.
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