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Isaiah, Chapter 11

This chapter is about a prophetic vision of the Messianic “shoot from the stump of Jesse” (This is about genealogy. Think of a family tree. Jesse is the root/stump. Jesus comes from Jesse, genetically through Mary) who brings ideal governance, universal peace, & the restoration of God’s people. The chapter opens with a promise that a future ruler will emerge from King David’s lineage, uniquely endowed with the 7-fold Spirit of the Lord to govern with perfect wisdom, righteousness, & justice for the poor rather than superficial judgment. This divine reign ushers in a transformed creation (famously depicted as the wolf dwelling with the lamb) where inherent hostility gives way to harmony, & the knowledge of God covers the earth “as the waters cover the sea.” Finally, the prophecy moves from cosmic peace to political restoration, describing the Messiah as a banner for the nations, uniting both Gentiles & a remnant of gathered Israelites restored from exile across the known world. Let’s get into it! Enjoy.

A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him – the Spirit of wisdom & understanding, the Spirit of counsel & of power, the Spirit of knowledge & of the fear of the Lord – & he’ll delight in the fear of the Lord. (This is thought to be about Jesus. Or about the Jewish Messiah.)

He’ll not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears. But with righteousness he’ll judge the needy, with justice he’ll give decisions for the poor of the earth. He’ll strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he’ll slay the wicked.

Righteousness will be his belt & faithfulness the sash around his waist. The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf & the lion & the yearling together (If you notice, it’s not the lion & the lamb that are together. It’s the wolf with the lamb.) & a little kid will lead them.

The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, & the lion will eat straw like the ox. The infant will play near the hole of the cobra, & the young kid will put his hand into the viper’s nest. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain.

For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will rally to him, & his place of rest will be glorious. (Check out Romans 15:12)

In that day, the Lord will reach out his hand a 2nd time to reclaim the remnant that’s left of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush/upper Nile region, from Elam, from Babylonia/Shinar, from Hamath & from the islands of the sea.

He’ll raise a banner for the nations & gather the exiles of Israel. He’ll assemble the exiles of Israel. He’ll assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth. Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish, & Judah’s enemies will be cut off.

Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim. They’ll swoop down on the slopes of Philistia to the west. Together they’ll plunder the people to the east. They’ll lay hands on Edom & Moab, & the Ammonites will be subject to them.

The Lord will dry up the gulf of the Egyptian sea; with a scorching wind he’ll sweep his hand over the Euphrates River. He’ll break it up into 7 streams so that men can cross over in sandals. There will be a highway for the remnant of his people that is left from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from Egypt.

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Isaiah, Chapter 3

This chapter shows a stark prophetic judgment against Jerusalem & Judah. It’s centered on the total collapse of civic order, leadership, & social stability as a consequence of national rebellion. God announces the removal of ALL societal pillars (including essential food supplies, wise elders, skilled judges, & military defenders), leaving the nation to be governed by the immature & incompetent. The chapter ends with a direct rebuke of the haughty “daughters of Zion,” whose arrogant displays of extreme wealth & luxury will be replaced by public humiliation, captivity, & desolation, leaving the once proud capital stripped of its glory & sitting ruined on the ground. Let’s get into it!

See now, the Lord, the Lord Almighty, is about to take from Jerusalem & Judah bout supply & support: all supplies of food & all supplies of water, the hero & warrior, the judge & prophet, the soothsayer & elder, the captain of 50 & man of rank, the counselor, skilled craftsmen & clever enchanter.

I’ll make boys their officials; mere kids will govern them. People will oppress each other. Man against man, neighbor against neighbor. The young will rise up against the old, the base against the honorable.

A man will seize one of his brothers at his dad’s home, & say, “You’ve a cloak, you be our leader. Take charge of this heap of ruins!” But that day, he’ll cry out, “I’ve no remedy. I’ve no food or clothing in my house. Don’t make me the leader of the people.”

Jerusalem staggers; Judah is falling. Their words & deeds are against the Lord, defying his glorious presence. The look on their faces testifies against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don’t hide it. Woe to them! They’ve brought disaster upon themselves.

Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they’ll enjoy the fruit of their deeds. Woe to the wicked! They’ll be paid back for what their hands have done. Youths oppress my people, women rule over them. O my people, your guides lead you astray. They turn you from the path.

The Lord takes his place in court. He rises to judge the people. The Lord enters into judgment against the elders & leaders of his people. “It’s you who have ruined my vineyard. The plunder from the poor is in your houses. What do you mean by crushing my people & grinding the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

The Lord says, “The women of Zion are haughty, walking along with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, tripping along with mincing steps, with ornaments jingling on their ankles. Therefore, the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion. The Lord will make their scalps bald.”

In that day the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles & headbands & crescent necklaces, the earrings & bracelets & veils, the headdresses & ankle chains & sashes, the perfume bottles & charms, the signet rings & nose rings, the fine robes & the capes & cloaks, the purses & mirrors, & the linen garments & tiaras & shawls.

Instead of fragrance, there will be a stench. Instead of a sash, a rope. Instead of well-dressed hair, baldness. Instead of beauty, branding. Your men will fall by the sword, your warriors in battle. The gates of Zion will lament & mourn; destitute, she’ll sit on the ground.

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Isaiah, Chapter 3

This chapter shows a stark prophetic judgment against Jerusalem & Judah. It’s centered on the total collapse of civic order, leadership, & social stability as a consequence of national rebellion. God announces the removal of ALL societal pillars (including essential food supplies, wise elders, skilled judges, & military defenders), leaving the nation to be governed by the immature & incompetent. The chapter ends with a direct rebuke of the haughty “daughters of Zion,” whose arrogant displays of extreme wealth & luxury will be replaced by public humiliation, captivity, & desolation, leaving the once proud capital stripped of its glory & sitting ruined on the ground. Let’s get into it!

See now, the Lord, the Lord Almighty, is about to take from Jerusalem & Judah bout supply & support: all supplies of food & all supplies of water, the hero & warrior, the judge & prophet, the soothsayer & elder, the captain of 50 & man of rank, the counselor, skilled craftsmen & clever enchanter.

I’ll make boys their officials; mere kids will govern them. People will oppress each other. Man against man, neighbor against neighbor. The young will rise up against the old, the base against the honorable.

A man will seize one of his brothers at his dad’s home, & say, “You’ve a cloak, you be our leader. Take charge of this heap of ruins!” But that day, he’ll cry out, “I’ve no remedy. I’ve no food or clothing in my house. Don’t make me the leader of the people.”

Jerusalem staggers; Judah is falling. Their words & deeds are against the Lord, defying his glorious presence. The look on their faces testifies against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don’t hide it. Woe to them! They’ve brought disaster upon themselves.

Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they’ll enjoy the fruit of their deeds. Woe to the wicked! They’ll be paid back for what their hands have done. Youths oppress my people, women rule over them. O my people, your guides lead you astray. They turn you from the path.

The Lord takes his place in court. He rises to judge the people. The Lord enters into judgment against the elders & leaders of his people. “It’s you who have ruined my vineyard. The plunder from the poor is in your houses. What do you mean by crushing my people & grinding the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

The Lord says, “The women of Zion are haughty, walking along with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, tripping along with mincing steps, with ornaments jingling on their ankles. Therefore, the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion. The Lord will make their scalps bald.”

In that day the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles & headbands & crescent necklaces, the earrings & bracelets & veils, the headdresses & ankle chains & sashes, the perfume bottles & charms, the signet rings & nose rings, the fine robes & the capes & cloaks, the purses & mirrors, & the linen garments & tiaras & shawls.

Instead of fragrance, there will be a stench. Instead of a sash, a rope. Instead of well-dressed hair, baldness. Instead of beauty, branding. Your men will fall by the sword, your warriors in battle. The gates of Zion will lament & mourn; destitute, she’ll sit on the ground.

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Isaiah, Chapter 2

This chapter opens up with a striking eschatological vision of Mount Zion established as the supreme mountain, where all nations gather in peace to learn God’s law, famously turning their “swords into plowshares” & learning war no more. However, the chapter quickly shifts from this ideal future to a sharp critique of Judah’s present reality – condemning the nation for abandoning God in favor of pagan alliances, wealth, military reliance, & pervasive idolatry. Isaiah warns of the impending “Day of the Lord,” a fiery judgment designed to shatter human arrogance, humble every lofty thing, & destroy false idols, concluding with a sobering call to stop putting trust in mere mortals whose breath is in their nostrils.

This is what Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah & Jerusalem:

In the last days, the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established as chief among the mountains. It’ll be raised above the hills, & all nations will stream to it. Many peoples will come & say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He’ll teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.”

The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He’ll judge between the nations & will settle disputes for many peoples. They’ll beat their swords into plowshares & their spears into pruning hooks. The nation will not take up a sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.

Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the Lord. You’ve abandoned your people, the house of Jacob. They’re full of superstitions from the East. They practice divination like the Philistines & clasp hands with pagans. Their land is full of silver & gold; there’s no end to their treasures.

Their land is full of horses. There’s no end to their chariots. Their land is full of idols. They bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made. So man will be brought low & mankind humbled – don’t forgive them. Go into the rocks, hide in the ground from dread of the Lord & the splendor of his majesty!

The eyes of the arrogant man will be humbled & the pride of men brought low. The Lord alone will be exalted in that day. The Lord Almighty has a day in store for all the proud & lofty, for all that’s exalted, & they’ll be humbled, for all the cedars of Lebanon, tall & lofty, & all the oaks of Bashan.

For all the towering mountains & all the high hills, for every lofty tower & every fortified wall, & every ship of Tarshish & every stately vessel. The arrogance of man will be brought low & the pride of men humbled. The Lord alone will be exalted in that day, & the idols will totally disappear.

Men will flee to caves in the rocks & to holes in the ground from dread of the Lord & the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth. In that day men will throw away to the rodents & bats their idols of silver & idols of gold, which they made to worship.

They’ll flee to caverns in the rocks & to the overhanging crags from dread of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth. Stop trusting in men, who have but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?

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Isaiah, Chapter 1

The first chapter of Isaiah serves as a fiery courtroom drama, setting the thematic stage for the entire book. Yahweh brings a legal indictment against Judah and Jerusalem, comparing them to Sodom and Gomorrah for their systemic injustice, empty religious rituals, and moral corruption. God rejects their lavish sacrifices and prayers, declaring that ritual piety is worthless without ethical action, and demands that they “learn to do good” by defending the oppressed, the orphan, and the widow. The chapter concludes with a pivotal ultimatum: a promise of radical purification and restoration if the nation repents, contrasted against absolute destruction if they persist in their rebellion. Enjoy the read!

The vision concerning Judah & Jerusalem that Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, & Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear, O heavens! Listen, O earth! For the Lord has spoken: “I reared children & brought them up, but they’ve rebelled against me. The ox knows his master, the donkey his owner’s manager, but Israel doesn’t know; my people don’t understand.”

Ah, sinful nation, a people loaded with guilt, a brood of evildoers, kids given to corruption! They’ve forsaken the Lord. They’ve spurned the Holy One of Israel & turned their backs on him. Why should you be beaten anymore? Why do you persist in rebellion? Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted.

From the sole of your foot to the top of your head there’s no soundness – only wounds & welts & open sores, not cleansed or bandages or soothed with oil. Your country is desolate, your cities burned with fire. Your fields are being stripped by foreigners right before you, laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.

The Daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a field of melons, like a city under siege. Unless the Lord Almighty had left us some survivors, we would have become like Sodom; we would’ve been like Gomorrah. (Check out Romans 9:29.)

Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah! “The multitude of your sacrifices – what are they to me?” says the Lord. “I have more than enough of burnt offerings, of rams & the fat of fattened animals; I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls & lambs & goats.”

“When you come to appear before me, who has asked this of you, this trampling of my courts? Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to me. New Moons, Sabbaths & convocations – I cannot bear your evil assemblies. Your New Moon festivals & your appointed feasts, my soul hates.”

“They’ve become a burden to me. I’m weary of bearing them. When you spread out your hands in prayer, I’ll hide my eyes from you. Even if you offer many prayers, I’ll not listen. Your hands are full of blood; wash & make yourselves clean.”

“Take your evil deeds out of my sight! Stop doing wrong, learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. ‘Come now, let us reason together,’ says the Lord. ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.’

‘If you’re willing & obedient, you’ll eat the best from the land. But if you resist & rebel, you’ll be devoured by the sword.'” For the mouth of the Lord has spoken. See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice.

Righteousness used to dwell in her. But now murderers! Your silver has become dross; your choice wine is diluted with water. Your rulers are rebels, companions of thieves. They all love bribes & chase after gifts. They don’t defend the cause of the fatherless. The widow’s case doesn’t come before them.

Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I’ll get relief from my foes & avenge myself on my enemies. I’ll turn my hand against you. I’ll thoroughly purge away your dross & remove all your impurities.”

“I’ll restore your judges as in days of old, your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you’ll be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.” Zion will be redeemed with justice, her penitent ones with righteousness. But rebels & sinners will both be broken, & those who forsake the Lord will perish.

“You’ll be ashamed because of sacred oaks in which you’ve delighted. You’ll be disgraced because of the gardens that you’ve chosen. You’ll be like an oak with fading leaves, like a garden without water. The mighty man will become tinder & his work a spark. Both will burn together, with no one to quench the fire.”

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"A talk on #Jewish culture will go ahead next month after it was postponed over fears of disruption.

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The #lecture was originally scheduled to take place on Thursday afternoon but was postponed due to concerns that a "significant proportion" of attendees intended to disrupt the event.

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The #BritishMuseum said: "Alongside our partners at #JewishCultureMonth, we are pleased that the rescheduled lecture, The #AncientHistory of Israel and Judah, will take place early next month."

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"A talk on #Jewish culture will go ahead next month after it was postponed over fears of disruption.

The #British #Museum has confirmed that the event, part of #JewishCulture Month and focusing on the #ancient #history of #Israel and #Judah, will take place in early June.

The #lecture was originally scheduled to take place on Thursday afternoon but was postponed due to concerns that a "significant proportion" of attendees intended to disrupt the event.

The museum said the decision was taken "to protect the event — not to diminish it".

The #BritishMuseum said: "Alongside our partners at #JewishCultureMonth, we are pleased that the rescheduled lecture, The #AncientHistory of Israel and Judah, will take place early next month."

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/jewish-culture-event-back-british-095403230.html

"The #BritishMuseum has postponed a lecture for #Jewish culture month over concerns that the event would be disrupted by #protesters.

The #museum announced that the talk on ancient #Israel and #Judah, which was scheduled to take place on Thursday, would be held at a later date yet to be decided.

The talk[...] was expected to examine the #archaeology and #history of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah through artefacts held by the museum.

It was also expected to touch on other #historical events such as the #Babylonian destruction of #Jerusalem and the #Maccabean revolt, and was organised as part of the first ever #Jewishculturemonth in the #UK, which runs until 16 June.

However, less than 24 hours before the event, the museum said it would be postponed. In a statement, the museum said it was informed that a “significant proportion” of the registered attendees were “individuals intending to deliberately disrupt the event[...]”

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/may/28/british-museum-postpones-jewish-culture-month-lecture-over-protest-fears

"The #BritishMuseum has postponed a lecture for #Jewish culture month over concerns that the event would be disrupted by #protesters.

The #museum announced that the talk on ancient #Israel and #Judah, which was scheduled to take place on Thursday, would be held at a later date yet to be decided.

The talk[...] was expected to examine the #archaeology and #history of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah through artefacts held by the museum.

It was also expected to touch on other #historical events such as the #Babylonian destruction of #Jerusalem and the #Maccabean revolt, and was organised as part of the first ever #Jewishculturemonth in the #UK, which runs until 16 June.

However, less than 24 hours before the event, the museum said it would be postponed. In a statement, the museum said it was informed that a “significant proportion” of the registered attendees were “individuals intending to deliberately disrupt the event[...]”

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/may/28/british-museum-postpones-jewish-culture-month-lecture-over-protest-fears

Samaritanism

Samaritanism is an Abrahamic monotheistic, ethnic religion. It comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, & legal traditions of the Samaritan people.

Often preferring to be called Israelite Samaritans, who originated from the Hebrews & Israelites. They began to emerge as a relatively distinct group after the Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire during the Iron Age. The Neo-Assyrian Empire was the 4th, & penultimate, stage of ancient Assyrian history.

Central to their continuity as an Indigenous Heritage in the Holy Land is keeping the Patriarchal & Mosaic covenant as specified in the Samaritan Torah. Samaritans believe this is the original & unchanged version of the Pentateuch (which is the first 5 books of the Hebrew & Christian bible) since Moses & the Israelites at Mount Sinai.

The Abisha Scroll is traditionally held by the community to be the oldest existing scroll written by Abisha, son of Aaron the priest, around 3,000 years ago based on living tradition. However, Jewish & Christian theologians have made attempts to dispute this claim which proved unsatisfactory.

Judaism claims Samaritanism developed right alongside their own religion. Samaritanism asserts itself as the true preserved form of the monotheistic faith that the Israelites kept under Moses. Samaritan belief also holds that the Israelites’ original holy site was Mount Gerizim, near Nablus, the State of Palestine (West Bank).

They also believe that Jerusalem only attained importance under Israelite dissenters who had followed Eli (In the Book of Samuel, Eli was a priest & judge of the Israelites in the city of Shiloh) to the city of Shiloh.

The Israelites who remained at Mount Gerizim would become the Samaritans in the Kingdom of Judah. Mount Gerizim is revered by Samaritans as the location where the Binding of Isaac occurred. In comparison to the Jewish belief that it occurred at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount.

Today there are only about 900 registered communal members. This puts Samaritanism as 1 of the smallest ethnoreligious groups globally in the Abrahamic faiths. Samaritans believe that this is a prophecy fulfilled from the scriptures: “You’ll be left few in number.”

Though they hope for a future time when a prophet like Moses known as the “Taheb” (Restorer) will perform 3 signs, namely the jar of manna, the staff of Moses, & Cherubim, or the Golden Candlestick.

This time period they believe is when an era of Divine Favor would return, & the hidden tabernacle of Moses would miraculously be revealed for the Israelite people & Mount Gerizim is restored to its former glory.

Samaritans trace their history, as a separate entity, to a period soon after the Israelites’ arrival into the “Promised Land.” Samaritan historiography traces the schism to High Priest Eli leaving Mount Gerizim, where stood the 1st Israelite altar in Canaan, & building a competing altar in nearby Shiloh.

The dissenting group of Israelites who followed Eli to Shiloh would be the ones who, in later years, would head south to settle in Jerusalem (the Jews). Whereas the Israelites who stayed on Mount Gerizim, in Samaria, would become known as the Samaritans.

Genetic studies in 2004 suggest that Samaritans’ lineages trace back to a common ancestor with Jews in the paternally-inherited Jewish high priesthood (Cohanim) temporally near to the period of the Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel. They’re probably descendants of the historical Israelite population. The Cohanim refers to the Jewish priestly class, male descendants of Aaron the priest.

The Hasmonean king, John Hyrcanus, destroyed the Mount Gerizim Temple & brought Samaria under his control around 120 BCE. This led to a long-lasting sense of mutual hostility between the Jews & Samaritans.

From this point, the Samaritans likely sought to consciously distance themselves from their Judean brethren. Both peoples came to see the Samaritan faith as a religion distinct from Judaism. By the time of Jesus, Samaritans & Jews deeply disparaged one another, as shown by Jesus’ Parable of the Good Samaritan.

The main beliefs of Samaritanism are:

• There’s 1 God, Yahweh, the same God recognized by the Jewish prophets.
• The Torah is the only true holy book & was given by God to Moses. The Torah was created before the creation of the world & whoever believes in it is assured a part in the world to come. The Torah’s status in Samaritanism as the only holy book causes them to reject the Oral Torah, the Talmud, & all the prophets & scriptures, except for a version of the Book of Joshua (which they don’t hold as Scripture), whose book in the Samaritan community is significantly different from the Book of Joshua in the Jewish “Bible.” Moses is considered to be the last of the line of prophets.
• Mount Gerizim, not Jerusalem, is the 1 true sanctuary chosen by God. The Samaritans don’t recognize the sanctity of Jerusalem & don’t recognize the Temple Mount, claiming instead that Mount Gerizim was the place where the Binding of Isaac took place.
• The Apocalypse, called “the day of vengeance,” will be the end of days. When an entity called the Taheb (basically the Jewish Messiah equal) that comes from the tribe of Joseph will come, be a prophet like Moses for 40 years & bring about the return of all the Israelites, following which the dead will be resurrected. The Tahib will then discover the tent of Moses’ Tabernacle on Mount Gerizim, & will be buried next to Joseph when he dies.

The Samaritans have retained the institution of a high priesthood & the practice of slaughtering & eating lambs on Passover Eve. They celebrated Pesach, Shavuot, & Sukkot. But they use a different method from that used in mainstream Judaism in order to determine the dates annually.

For example, Yom Teru’ah (the biblical name for Rosh Hashanah), at the beginning of Tishrei (This is the 1st month of the civil year & the 7th month of the ecclesiastical year in the Hebrew calendar.), isn’t considered a New Year as it is in Rabbinic Judaism.

Their Sabbath is observed weekly by the Samaritan community every week from Friday to Saturday, beginning & ending at sundown. For 24 hours, the families gather together to celebrate the rest day: all electricity with the exception of minimal lighting (kept on the entire day) in the house is disconnected, no work is done, & neither cooking nor driving is allowed.

The time is devoted to worship which consists of 7 prayer services, reading the weekly Torah portion, spending quality time with family, taking meals, rest & sleep, & visiting other members of the community.

Passover is particularly important in the Samaritan community, climaxing with the sacrifice of up to 40 sheep.

The Counting of the Omar remains relatively unchanged. The Counting of the Omar is a ritual in Judaism that consists of a verbal counting of each of the 49 days between the holidays of Passover & Shavuot. However, the week before Shavuot is a unique festival celebrating the continued commitment Samaritanism has maintained since the time of Moses.

During Sukkot, the Sukkah (the temporary hut built for use during Sukkot) is built INSIDE of houses, instead of OUTSIDE like mainstream Judaism. This Samaritan tradition is traced back to the persecution of the Samaritans during the Byzantine Empire.

The roof of the Samaritan Sukkah is decorated with citrus fruits & branches of palm, myrtle, & willow trees. This is in accordance with the Samaritan interpretation of the 4 species designated in the Torah for the holiday. The 4 species are 4 plants (the etrog, lulav, hadass, & aravah) mentioned in the Torah as being relevant to the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.

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Samaritanism

Samaritanism is an Abrahamic monotheistic, ethnic religion. It comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, & legal traditions of the Samaritan people.

Often preferring to be called Israelite Samaritans, who originated from the Hebrews & Israelites. They began to emerge as a relatively distinct group after the Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire during the Iron Age. The Neo-Assyrian Empire was the 4th, & penultimate, stage of ancient Assyrian history.

Central to their continuity as an Indigenous Heritage in the Holy Land is keeping the Patriarchal & Mosaic covenant as specified in the Samaritan Torah. Samaritans believe this is the original & unchanged version of the Pentateuch (which is the first 5 books of the Hebrew & Christian bible) since Moses & the Israelites at Mount Sinai.

The Abisha Scroll is traditionally held by the community to be the oldest existing scroll written by Abisha, son of Aaron the priest, around 3,000 years ago based on living tradition. However, Jewish & Christian theologians have made attempts to dispute this claim which proved unsatisfactory.

Judaism claims Samaritanism developed right alongside their own religion. Samaritanism asserts itself as the true preserved form of the monotheistic faith that the Israelites kept under Moses. Samaritan belief also holds that the Israelites’ original holy site was Mount Gerizim, near Nablus, the State of Palestine (West Bank).

They also believe that Jerusalem only attained importance under Israelite dissenters who had followed Eli (In the Book of Samuel, Eli was a priest & judge of the Israelites in the city of Shiloh) to the city of Shiloh.

The Israelites who remained at Mount Gerizim would become the Samaritans in the Kingdom of Judah. Mount Gerizim is revered by Samaritans as the location where the Binding of Isaac occurred. In comparison to the Jewish belief that it occurred at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount.

Today there are only about 900 registered communal members. This puts Samaritanism as 1 of the smallest ethnoreligious groups globally in the Abrahamic faiths. Samaritans believe that this is a prophecy fulfilled from the scriptures: “You’ll be left few in number.”

Though they hope for a future time when a prophet like Moses known as the “Taheb” (Restorer) will perform 3 signs, namely the jar of manna, the staff of Moses, & Cherubim, or the Golden Candlestick.

This time period they believe is when an era of Divine Favor would return, & the hidden tabernacle of Moses would miraculously be revealed for the Israelite people & Mount Gerizim is restored to its former glory.

Samaritans trace their history, as a separate entity, to a period soon after the Israelites’ arrival into the “Promised Land.” Samaritan historiography traces the schism to High Priest Eli leaving Mount Gerizim, where stood the 1st Israelite altar in Canaan, & building a competing altar in nearby Shiloh.

The dissenting group of Israelites who followed Eli to Shiloh would be the ones who, in later years, would head south to settle in Jerusalem (the Jews). Whereas the Israelites who stayed on Mount Gerizim, in Samaria, would become known as the Samaritans.

Genetic studies in 2004 suggest that Samaritans’ lineages trace back to a common ancestor with Jews in the paternally-inherited Jewish high priesthood (Cohanim) temporally near to the period of the Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel. They’re probably descendants of the historical Israelite population. The Cohanim refers to the Jewish priestly class, male descendants of Aaron the priest.

The Hasmonean king, John Hyrcanus, destroyed the Mount Gerizim Temple & brought Samaria under his control around 120 BCE. This led to a long-lasting sense of mutual hostility between the Jews & Samaritans.

From this point, the Samaritans likely sought to consciously distance themselves from their Judean brethren. Both peoples came to see the Samaritan faith as a religion distinct from Judaism. By the time of Jesus, Samaritans & Jews deeply disparaged one another, as shown by Jesus’ Parable of the Good Samaritan.

The main beliefs of Samaritanism are:

• There’s 1 God, Yahweh, the same God recognized by the Jewish prophets.
• The Torah is the only true holy book & was given by God to Moses. The Torah was created before the creation of the world & whoever believes in it is assured a part in the world to come. The Torah’s status in Samaritanism as the only holy book causes them to reject the Oral Torah, the Talmud, & all the prophets & scriptures, except for a version of the Book of Joshua (which they don’t hold as Scripture), whose book in the Samaritan community is significantly different from the Book of Joshua in the Jewish “Bible.” Moses is considered to be the last of the line of prophets.
• Mount Gerizim, not Jerusalem, is the 1 true sanctuary chosen by God. The Samaritans don’t recognize the sanctity of Jerusalem & don’t recognize the Temple Mount, claiming instead that Mount Gerizim was the place where the Binding of Isaac took place.
• The Apocalypse, called “the day of vengeance,” will be the end of days. When an entity called the Taheb (basically the Jewish Messiah equal) that comes from the tribe of Joseph will come, be a prophet like Moses for 40 years & bring about the return of all the Israelites, following which the dead will be resurrected. The Tahib will then discover the tent of Moses’ Tabernacle on Mount Gerizim, & will be buried next to Joseph when he dies.

The Samaritans have retained the institution of a high priesthood & the practice of slaughtering & eating lambs on Passover Eve. They celebrated Pesach, Shavuot, & Sukkot. But they use a different method from that used in mainstream Judaism in order to determine the dates annually.

For example, Yom Teru’ah (the biblical name for Rosh Hashanah), at the beginning of Tishrei (This is the 1st month of the civil year & the 7th month of the ecclesiastical year in the Hebrew calendar.), isn’t considered a New Year as it is in Rabbinic Judaism.

Their Sabbath is observed weekly by the Samaritan community every week from Friday to Saturday, beginning & ending at sundown. For 24 hours, the families gather together to celebrate the rest day: all electricity with the exception of minimal lighting (kept on the entire day) in the house is disconnected, no work is done, & neither cooking nor driving is allowed.

The time is devoted to worship which consists of 7 prayer services, reading the weekly Torah portion, spending quality time with family, taking meals, rest & sleep, & visiting other members of the community.

Passover is particularly important in the Samaritan community, climaxing with the sacrifice of up to 40 sheep.

The Counting of the Omar remains relatively unchanged. The Counting of the Omar is a ritual in Judaism that consists of a verbal counting of each of the 49 days between the holidays of Passover & Shavuot. However, the week before Shavuot is a unique festival celebrating the continued commitment Samaritanism has maintained since the time of Moses.

During Sukkot, the Sukkah (the temporary hut built for use during Sukkot) is built INSIDE of houses, instead of OUTSIDE like mainstream Judaism. This Samaritan tradition is traced back to the persecution of the Samaritans during the Byzantine Empire.

The roof of the Samaritan Sukkah is decorated with citrus fruits & branches of palm, myrtle, & willow trees. This is in accordance with the Samaritan interpretation of the 4 species designated in the Torah for the holiday. The 4 species are 4 plants (the etrog, lulav, hadass, & aravah) mentioned in the Torah as being relevant to the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.

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Rare ritual structure from the First Temple period unearthed in Jerusalem’s City of David

A well-preserved, rare ancient structure dating back to the First Temple period was exposed on the eastern slope of the City of David in Jerusalem Walls National Park...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/01/rare-ritual-structure-city-of-david/

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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #judaism #Judah #Jerusalem #cityofdavid

Rare ritual structure from the First Temple period unearthed in Jerusalem’s City of David

A well-preserved, rare ancient structure dating back to the First Temple period was exposed on the eastern slope of the City of David in Jerusalem Walls National Park...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/01/rare-ritual-structure-city-of-david/

Follow @archaeology

#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #judaism #Judah #Jerusalem #cityofdavid

What would happen to the Kingdoms of #Israel and #Judah after the days of Elijah?

How would these kingdoms meet their end?

The Second Book of Kings | Books of the Bible
https://youtu.be/up4t_fhtRMU

What would happen to the Kingdoms of #Israel and #Judah after the days of Elijah?

How would these kingdoms meet their end?

The Second Book of Kings | Books of the Bible
https://youtu.be/up4t_fhtRMU

Christian group recruits ‘Trojan horse’ election skeptics as US poll workers

Lion of Judah enrolls poll workers in Trump-aligned swing state tour, which experts say could be ‘hazard to democracy’

A Christian political operative has teamed up with charismatic preachers to
💥 enroll election skeptics as poll workers
across the country,
💥using a Donald Trump-aligned swing state tour to enlist support in the effort.

Joshua Standifer, who leads the group called #Lion #of #Judah, describes the effort as a “#Trojan #horse”
strategy to get Christians in “key positions of influence in government like Election Workers”,
which will help them identify alleged voter fraud and serve as
“the first step on the path to victory this Fall”, according to his website.

Standifer has been on the road with a traveling pro-Trump tent revival featuring self-styled #prophets and #Christian #nationalist preachers that has made stops in key swing states including Michigan, Georgia, Arizona and Wisconsin.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/04/christian-election-poll-workers?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Christian group recruits ‘Trojan horse’ election skeptics as US poll workers

Lion of Judah enrolls poll workers in Trump-aligned swing state tour, which experts say could be ‘hazard to democracy’

A Christian political operative has teamed up with charismatic preachers to
💥 enroll election skeptics as poll workers
across the country,
💥using a Donald Trump-aligned swing state tour to enlist support in the effort.

Joshua Standifer, who leads the group called #Lion #of #Judah, describes the effort as a “#Trojan #horse”
strategy to get Christians in “key positions of influence in government like Election Workers”,
which will help them identify alleged voter fraud and serve as
“the first step on the path to victory this Fall”, according to his website.

Standifer has been on the road with a traveling pro-Trump tent revival featuring self-styled #prophets and #Christian #nationalist preachers that has made stops in key swing states including Michigan, Georgia, Arizona and Wisconsin.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/04/christian-election-poll-workers?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#Solomon enjoyed peace and prosperity but did not follow YHWH as fully as his father David had done.

After his death YHWH determined to divide Israel into two nations: Judah and part of Benjamin, would remain part of the Kingdom of #Judah, and the rest of Israel became the Kingdom of #Israel.

This division would remain until both kingdoms were eliminated as going concerns in 721 and 586 BCE.

…Calling out those who have unreserved support for Israel no matter what their defence force is doing in the Palestinian Territories to both Muslims and Christians isn’t antisemitic, that’s political. It has nothing to do with them being Jewish, but being genocide enablers… #israel #palestine #palestinian #israeli #christian #muslim #jewish #gaza #judah

…Calling out those who have unreserved support for Israel no matter what their defence force is doing in the Palestinian Territories to both Muslims and Christians isn’t antisemitic, that’s political. It has nothing to do with them being Jewish, but being genocide enablers… #israel #palestine #palestinian #israeli #christian #muslim #jewish #gaza #judah

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9vdtiWvhqd/?igsh=ZjFsNzIzdW9oM2Q2

This brave, knowledgable, noble individual shares such important truth about history, and knows his Hebrew!

Israel, the Jewish people, the people of Israel - are inseparable since the age of time.

#judah #Jewish #israel #thetruth #homeland

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9vdtiWvhqd/?igsh=ZjFsNzIzdW9oM2Q2

This brave, knowledgable, noble individual shares such important truth about history, and knows his Hebrew!

Israel, the Jewish people, the people of Israel - are inseparable since the age of time.

#judah #Jewish #israel #thetruth #homeland

Does #2Samuel have anything to do with Samuel?

What can we gain from the narratives regarding the rule of #David as #king of #Judah and #Israel?

2 Samuel | Books of the Bible
https://youtu.be/9pPkLtseDbw

Another article on the subject of writing in ancient #Israel / #Judah :
Matthieu Richelle, "Elusive Scrolls: Could Any Hebrew Literature Have Been Written Prior to the Eighth Century BCE?" Vetus Testamentum 66 (2016): 556-94. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44647541

I appreciate when scholars say we know less than we think, but then his conclusion seems more positive than his argumentation to that point.

#HebrewBible #AncientNearEast #ANE

Another article on the subject of writing in ancient #Israel / #Judah :
Matthieu Richelle, "Elusive Scrolls: Could Any Hebrew Literature Have Been Written Prior to the Eighth Century BCE?" Vetus Testamentum 66 (2016): 556-94. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44647541

I appreciate when scholars say we know less than we think, but then his conclusion seems more positive than his argumentation to that point.

#HebrewBible #AncientNearEast #ANE

The end of the story explains why we find it in the pages of the Hebrew Bible: Obed's son was Jesse, and Jesse's son was #David, king of #Judah and #Israel.

In this way a faithful Moabitess was the great-grandmother of the great Israelite king and would also be reckoned as among the ancestors of #Jesus the #Christ, the Son of God.

⬆️ @oatmeal

Even ignoring the biblical account of #FirstExodus prior to 12th c. BCE, we have documented history of MULTIPLE #JewishDisplacements

740 BC: #FirstJewishExile
586 BC: #SecondJewishExile
540 BC: Fall of #Babylon; Return to #Judah

1881: #RussianRevolution; #FirstAliyah
1904: #SecondAliyah

And the virulent #antisemitism in #EasternEurope and #Germany that climaxed in the #Holocaust in the early 20th century — ALL happened before your #cherryPicked date of 1948.

@lukevanin
⬇️

⬆️ @lukevanin

That's not the only contradiction.

Preamble: "#Palestine is a land whose status has been elevated by #Islam, a faith that holds it in high esteem, that breathes through it its spirit and just values and that lays the foundation for the #doctrine of defending and protecting it."

"Palestine is the spirit of the #Ummah…"

So, Islam is foundation for their doctrine, but all #biblical references to #Jewish #Patriarchs, the land of #Judah, #KingdomOfDavid are null and void?

@Oeneus

2. The Israelites (referred to in the Bible and the Koran) were an ancient people.

Wikipedia: "Archaeology tends to place their origin in the last centuries of the 2nd millennium BC, after the collapse of the great Egyptian and Hittite empires which dominated the Near East. Societies settled in the highlands between the Palestinian coastal plain and the Jordan River".

The State of Judah had Jerusalem as its capital. It was "defeated and annexed by the Babylonian Empire in 587 BC, and part of its population was deported to Babylonia."

(to be continued) @history

#Bible #Koran #ancient #Judea #Judah #Jerusalem #Palestine #Judeans #Judaean #Hebrews #history #israel #naming #Antiquity #Israelite

2. The Israelites (referred to in the Bible and the Koran) were an ancient people.

Wikipedia: "Archaeology tends to place their origin in the last centuries of the 2nd millennium BC, after the collapse of the great Egyptian and Hittite empires which dominated the Near East. Societies settled in the highlands between the Palestinian coastal plain and the Jordan River".

The State of Judah had Jerusalem as its capital. It was "defeated and annexed by the Babylonian Empire in 587 BC, and part of its population was deported to Babylonia."

(to be continued) @history

#Bible #Koran #ancient #Judea #Judah #Jerusalem #Palestine #Judeans #Judaean #Hebrews #history #israel #naming #Antiquity #Israelite

⬆️
#Palestinians loudly complain of #displacement, but they aren't the only ones who have been displaced in history.

15+ million #Hindus & #Muslims were displaced after #BritishIndia was partitioned into #India and #Pakistan in 1947.

#Jewish people suffered displacement MULTIPLE times, even ignoring #FirstExodus prior to 12th c. BCE:

740 BC: #FirstJewishExile
586 BC: #SecondJewishExile
540 BC: Fall of #Babylon; Return to #Judah

1881: #RussianRevolution; #FirstAliyah
1904: #SecondAliyah
⬇️

⬆️
If #Bible & #Torah are to be believed, #Jews have been in #Israel since time of #Egyptian pharaohs.

All jews descend from #Abraham, his son #Issac, and Issac ’s son #Jacob. Jacob was later bestowed the name #Israel and he is regarded as a patriarch of #Israelites.

Israel (Jacob) had 12 sons, including #Judah, #Joseph, and #Benjamin. Family dynamics led some of Jacob’s older sons selling Joseph into #Egyptian #slavery

Bible also mentions #Moses, who led Israelites to freedom across #RedSea
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Zionists who still think that the Jews are God’s chosen people should consider not only that Jews aided and abetted in the killing of Jesus, but not long after He rose again and then ascended into Heaven, #Israel, which was already ruled over by #Rome (but not destroyed at this point) got decimated when #Rome fell and ceased to exist for another 2,000 years or so.

Curious that once #Israel and the line of #Judah had served its purpose, it ceased to exist.

Zionists who still think that the Jews are God’s chosen people should consider not only that Jews aided and abetted in the killing of Jesus, but not long after He rose again and then ascended into Heaven, #Israel, which was already ruled over by #Rome (but not destroyed at this point) got decimated when #Rome fell and ceased to exist for another 2,000 years or so.

Curious that once #Israel and the line of #Judah had served its purpose, it ceased to exist.

@freemo @useless_idiot Ooh…Christianity lore moment and I hope I’m not misspeaking here but I find this rather interesting because if you look at the OT, even though #Israel as a whole was considered to be “God’s Chosen People”, when #Israel split into two Nations, the nation of #Israel and #Judea, it was actually #Judea (which had 2 out of the 12 original tribes of #Israel IIRC) that followed God relatively closely, and thus, God’s presence often dwelled with and blessed those in #Judea rather than in #Israel. And #Jesus, who came from the lineage of #David, actually came through the line of #Judah as well, the head of one of the tribes of #Judea.

TL;DR #Judea is more “God’s Chosen People” than #Israel because they followed God more closely and #Jesus came from one of their two tribes, not any tribes that remained in #Israel

@freemo @useless_idiot Ooh…Christianity lore moment and I hope I’m not misspeaking here but I find this rather interesting because if you look at the OT, even though #Israel as a whole was considered to be “God’s Chosen People”, when #Israel split into two Nations, the nation of #Israel and #Judea, it was actually #Judea (which had 2 out of the 12 original tribes of #Israel IIRC) that followed God relatively closely, and thus, God’s presence often dwelled with and blessed those in #Judea rather than in #Israel. And #Jesus, who came from the lineage of #David, actually came through the line of #Judah as well, the head of one of the tribes of #Judea.

TL;DR #Judea is more “God’s Chosen People” than #Israel because they followed God more closely and #Jesus came from one of their two tribes, not any tribes that remained in #Israel

Early toilets reveal dysentery in Old Testament Jerusalem – study | The Independent
#History
#Archeology
#Dysentry
#EarlyToilets
#Toilet
#Jerusalem
#Parasite
#Faeces
#Latrines
#GiardiaDuodenalis
#IronAge
#KingdomOfJudah
#Judah
#7thCenturyBCE
#8thCenturyBCE
#586BCE
#Cesspits
#KingManasseh
#Mesopotamia
#ELISA
#Sewage
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/university-of-cambridge-toilets-one-tel-aviv-university-mesopotamia-b2346138.html

Early toilets reveal dysentery in Old Testament Jerusalem – study | The Independent
#History
#Archeology
#Dysentry
#EarlyToilets
#Toilet
#Jerusalem
#Parasite
#Faeces
#Latrines
#GiardiaDuodenalis
#IronAge
#KingdomOfJudah
#Judah
#7thCenturyBCE
#8thCenturyBCE
#586BCE
#Cesspits
#KingManasseh
#Mesopotamia
#ELISA
#Sewage
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/university-of-cambridge-toilets-one-tel-aviv-university-mesopotamia-b2346138.html

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Speaking specifically about this unidentified tune.

https://youtu.be/dR_CbXXGOP4?t=1576

#punkcast #RasKush #Judah EskenderTafari #DubDance

If #Jews follow the culture and customs of #Judah and the #Protestants arose frae the protestations of a king with dodgy sperm, then WHO is Cathol, and why are they worshipped by #Catholics?

#Lion of #Judah #walk
#musique #music #musik #WEARETHERADIO
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