I wanted to add, for those who continue to lie and spread falsehood about Hatikva, one more obvious Torah reference, though there are several more in the extended poem.
Od lo avdah tikvatenu is a direct reference to the words of Yechezkel 37:11 Yovshu Atzmoseinu v’avda tikvosenu, to which HKBH responds that he will open their graves and bring them back to artzienu hakedosha.
One more nail in the coffin of the lie and slander being spread by dishonest people about Hatikva.
Cherrybim – If you, like your confederates feel so confident about slandering Imber’s poem, you might have thought to read THE WHOLE THING, since the anthem is only the first two stanzas.
In it you will find a few more references that completely destroy your hypothesis. Imber wrote in the 8th stanza “ki od yerachmeinu keyl zoeim”, that HKBH, though wrathful would still have mercy on us, and in the 10th stanza “Rofecha Hashem, Chochmat Levavo” HKBH is your (the Jewish people’s) healer, the wisdom of your heart.
Why on earth would there be so many references to Hashem and Jewish themes in an anthem meant as a tool for atheist zionist annihilators of Torah?
Oh. yeah. Because its NOT!
THe chofshi min hamitzvos is an interjection done to slander the writer and users of the anthem. Please provide a source where Imber says that this is what he means – and considering all of the other references above, that would be impossible, because of the overwhelming evidence from his own words in the rest of the poem that it is a LIE.