John D. Brey
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"Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel."
Isaiah 48:1.
Isaiah 48:1.
This, "you are called by the name of Israel" is pejorative in context: Do you seriously think you deserve to be called Israel? Throughout the chapter two persons or personages are juxtaposed both related to the name "Israel":
Two nations are in thy womb בטנ, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels מעי, and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; though the elder, shall serve the younger.
Gen 25:23.
Gen 25:23.
As stated in verse 6 of Isaiah chapter 48, one of the two peoples (the latter, younger) associated with the name "Israel" are "hidden" (נערות) from the elder "Israel" in plain sight (נערות):
נוֹצְרִי m. Nazarene, of Nazareth (in southern Galilaea).—ישו הנ׳ Jesus of N. Snh. 43ᵃ Ms. M.; a. fr., v. יֵשׁוּ.—Ab. Zar. 7ᵇ יום נ׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note; ed. יום א׳) the day of the Nazarene (Sunday).—Pl. נוֹצְרִים Christians. Taan. 27ᵇ מפני הנ׳ Ms. M. (ed. העב"ום; in some ed. the entire passage omitted) on account of (in order not to be identified with) the Christians (v. Treat. Sof’rim ch. XVII, 5).
Jastrow.
Abraham does not know us or Israel acknowledge us [or even desire to be identified with us].
Isaiah 63:16.
It's the "hidden" נערות Israel ("nazarene" is hidden in Isaiah 48:6 as the word "hidden") who at their revelation will be known by a new name (Galatians 6:16), a name other than "Israel." God's holy ones (not "seed") will be a branch of Israel hidden in the Hebrew word נצר–ות "branches" or Nosri ("At that time, the term simply designated followers of Jesus of Nazareth, as the Hebrew term נוֹצְרִי (nôṣrî),[3] and the Arabic term نَصَارَى (naṣārā),[4] still do." Wikipedia). They will leave the former name "Israel" to the personage in verse one of Isaiah chapter 48 as a curse:
To my chosen ones your very name will be considered a curse; the Lord will put you to death, but to his other servants he will give another name [65:15]; one which will be used in conjunction with blessings [in the name of . . . amen]. He who takes an oath will swear [in . . .'s name amen]. . . they will be called by a new name associated with a portion פי of what the Lord is called [62:2] ["נוֹצְרִי m. Nazarene, of Nazareth (in southern Galilaea).—ישו הנ׳ Jesus of N." ----Jastrow]. . . Your brothers who hate you ["(in order not to be identified with) the Christians (v. Treat. Sof’rim ch. XVII, 5)"---Jastrow] because you're called according to a portion of my hidden [נצרות] name, mockingly say: "The Lord is multiple, not one, if you're genuinely his sons [66:5]."
Isaiah 65:15; 62:2; 66:5.
Isaiah 65:15; 62:2; 66:5.
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