Is Jeshurun the Lord' chosen people in the Bible?
Yes
The Lord says in Isaiah 44:2: "Jeshurun, whom I have chosen ".
In order to have a good idea about Jeshurun, I have read 10 different versions of the Bible in addition to Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary.
In eight out of 10 versions, the Lord said:" Jeshurun, whom I have chosen."
In one version (KJV), Jeshurun is written as Jesurun
In the New Living Translation Jeshurun is translated to "O dear Israel"
In the footnotes of the verse Isaiah 44:2 it is said that:
Jeshurun means the upright, the straight or the honest one, that is, Israel.
Well, Jeshurun is the upright, the straight or the honest Israel
But from where in the original Hebrew version does the New Living Translation comes out with: "O dear" which is not present at all in the original Hebrew version.
Anyway, let us see the criteria and characters of Jeshurun or the upright, the straight, the honest "O dear" Israel that cause the Lord to Chose them:
Deuteronomy 32:15 describes Jeshurun and says:
New International Version
Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; filled with food, he became heavy and sleek. He abandoned the God who made him and rejected the Rock his Savior.
King James Version
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
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Also, Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible says under a title called: "The wickedness of Israel":
"Here are two instances of the wickedness of Israel, each was apostacy from God. These people were called Jeshurun, to? an upright people, to? so some; to?a seeing people, to ? so others: but they soon lost the reputation both of their knowledge and of their righteousness. They indulged their appetites, as if they had nothing to do but to make provision for the flesh to fulfill the lusts of it. Those who make a god of themselves, and a god of their bellies, in pride and wantonness, and cannot bear to be told of it, thereby forsake God, and show they esteem him lightly. There is but one way of a sinner's acceptance and sanctification, however different modes of irreligion, or false religion, may show that favorable regard for other ways, which is often miscalled candid. How mad are idolaters, who forsake the Rock of salvation, to run themselves upon the rock of perdition!"
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Isaiah 44:2
In these seven version, New International Version, New American Standard Bible, English Standard Version, The Message, Holman Christian Standard Bible, Amplified Bible and New Life Version:
"This is what the LORD says… Do not be afraid (Do not fear, Fear not), O Jacob, my servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen."
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In King James Version
Thus saith the LORD…Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
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In Darby Translation
Thus saith Jehovah…Fear not, Jacob, my servant, and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
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But in New Living Translation, you find "O dear Israel" instead of Jeshurun
"The Lord who made you and helps you says: Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant, O dear Israel, my chosen one."
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To conclude:
Jeshurun is found in New International Version, New American Standard Bible, English Standard Version, The Message, Holman Christian Standard Bible, Amplified Bible, New Life Version and Darby Translation
Jesurun is found in King James Version
O dear Israel is found in New Living Translation
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Is Jeshurun the Lord' chosen people in the Quran?
No, they are not.
The Quran declares clearly that there is no a specific nation(s) which is the Lord' people. Also, the Prophet Muhammad said that there no privileges for the Arabic over the non-Arabic and also there no privileges for the white over the black except in respect to the Lord fearing. The more you fear your Lord, the more you are close to Him.
Again, in order to confuse, the Quran says in two verses [2:47 and 2:122] that Allah favored the children of Israel. This happened at the time of Pharaoh and Moses when the children of Israel were believers and fear of their Lord.
Verse 49:13 of the Noble Quran announces that:
O mankind! Allah has indeed created you male and female from Adam and Eve, and has made you nations and tribes that you may come to know one another. This means that you may acquire knowledge of the customs of one another and not to boast to one another.
Truly the noblest of you in the sight of God is the most God-fearing among you.
Lo! The noblest of you in the Hereafter, (in the sight of Allah) on the Day of Judgment, (is the best in conduct) in the life of the world;
Truly God is Knower, of you, Aware, of your inner thoughts.
Lo! Allah is Knower of your status and lineage; Allah is Aware of your works and standing in His sight.
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Verse 49:13 of the Noble Quran in different translations:
QARIB: people, we have created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes that you might know one another. The noblest of you before Allah is the most righteous of you. Allah is the knower, the aware.
SHAKIR: O you men! surely we have created you of a male and a female, and made you tribes and families that you may know each other; surely the most honorable of you with Allah is the one among you most careful (of his duty); surely Allah is knowing, aware
PICKTHAL: O mankind! lo! we have created you male and female, and have made you nations and tribes that ye may know one another. lo! The noblest of you, in the sight of Allah, is the best in conduct. Lo! Allah is knower, aware.
YUSUFALI: O mankind! we created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise (each other). verily the most honored of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you. and Allah has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things).
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Back to the main issue of my series of articles; this is my question to you smart readers: "Is the Quran quoted from the Bible?"
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Ain-Shams University., Egypt.
And, President of The Egyptian Society of Inventors.
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Yes
The Lord says in Isaiah 44:2: "Jeshurun, whom I have chosen ".
In order to have a good idea about Jeshurun, I have read 10 different versions of the Bible in addition to Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary.
In eight out of 10 versions, the Lord said:" Jeshurun, whom I have chosen."
In one version (KJV), Jeshurun is written as Jesurun
In the New Living Translation Jeshurun is translated to "O dear Israel"
In the footnotes of the verse Isaiah 44:2 it is said that:
Jeshurun means the upright, the straight or the honest one, that is, Israel.
Well, Jeshurun is the upright, the straight or the honest Israel
But from where in the original Hebrew version does the New Living Translation comes out with: "O dear" which is not present at all in the original Hebrew version.
Anyway, let us see the criteria and characters of Jeshurun or the upright, the straight, the honest "O dear" Israel that cause the Lord to Chose them:
Deuteronomy 32:15 describes Jeshurun and says:
New International Version
Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; filled with food, he became heavy and sleek. He abandoned the God who made him and rejected the Rock his Savior.
King James Version
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
----------------
Also, Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible says under a title called: "The wickedness of Israel":
"Here are two instances of the wickedness of Israel, each was apostacy from God. These people were called Jeshurun, to? an upright people, to? so some; to?a seeing people, to ? so others: but they soon lost the reputation both of their knowledge and of their righteousness. They indulged their appetites, as if they had nothing to do but to make provision for the flesh to fulfill the lusts of it. Those who make a god of themselves, and a god of their bellies, in pride and wantonness, and cannot bear to be told of it, thereby forsake God, and show they esteem him lightly. There is but one way of a sinner's acceptance and sanctification, however different modes of irreligion, or false religion, may show that favorable regard for other ways, which is often miscalled candid. How mad are idolaters, who forsake the Rock of salvation, to run themselves upon the rock of perdition!"
----------------
Isaiah 44:2
In these seven version, New International Version, New American Standard Bible, English Standard Version, The Message, Holman Christian Standard Bible, Amplified Bible and New Life Version:
"This is what the LORD says… Do not be afraid (Do not fear, Fear not), O Jacob, my servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen."
-------------
In King James Version
Thus saith the LORD…Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
-------------
In Darby Translation
Thus saith Jehovah…Fear not, Jacob, my servant, and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
-------------
But in New Living Translation, you find "O dear Israel" instead of Jeshurun
"The Lord who made you and helps you says: Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant, O dear Israel, my chosen one."
-------------
To conclude:
Jeshurun is found in New International Version, New American Standard Bible, English Standard Version, The Message, Holman Christian Standard Bible, Amplified Bible, New Life Version and Darby Translation
Jesurun is found in King James Version
O dear Israel is found in New Living Translation
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Is Jeshurun the Lord' chosen people in the Quran?
No, they are not.
The Quran declares clearly that there is no a specific nation(s) which is the Lord' people. Also, the Prophet Muhammad said that there no privileges for the Arabic over the non-Arabic and also there no privileges for the white over the black except in respect to the Lord fearing. The more you fear your Lord, the more you are close to Him.
Again, in order to confuse, the Quran says in two verses [2:47 and 2:122] that Allah favored the children of Israel. This happened at the time of Pharaoh and Moses when the children of Israel were believers and fear of their Lord.
Verse 49:13 of the Noble Quran announces that:
O mankind! Allah has indeed created you male and female from Adam and Eve, and has made you nations and tribes that you may come to know one another. This means that you may acquire knowledge of the customs of one another and not to boast to one another.
Truly the noblest of you in the sight of God is the most God-fearing among you.
Lo! The noblest of you in the Hereafter, (in the sight of Allah) on the Day of Judgment, (is the best in conduct) in the life of the world;
Truly God is Knower, of you, Aware, of your inner thoughts.
Lo! Allah is Knower of your status and lineage; Allah is Aware of your works and standing in His sight.
---------------
Verse 49:13 of the Noble Quran in different translations:
QARIB: people, we have created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes that you might know one another. The noblest of you before Allah is the most righteous of you. Allah is the knower, the aware.
SHAKIR: O you men! surely we have created you of a male and a female, and made you tribes and families that you may know each other; surely the most honorable of you with Allah is the one among you most careful (of his duty); surely Allah is knowing, aware
PICKTHAL: O mankind! lo! we have created you male and female, and have made you nations and tribes that ye may know one another. lo! The noblest of you, in the sight of Allah, is the best in conduct. Lo! Allah is knower, aware.
YUSUFALI: O mankind! we created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise (each other). verily the most honored of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you. and Allah has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things).
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Back to the main issue of my series of articles; this is my question to you smart readers: "Is the Quran quoted from the Bible?"
By: Professor Dr. Ibrahim Khalil
Prof. of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Head of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control Unit,
Ain-Shams University., Egypt.
And, President of The Egyptian Society of Inventors.
Member of the Egyptian union of Writers
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