14. by . . . my people Israel —namely, by Judas Maccabeus. The Idumeans were finally, by compulsory circumcision, incorporated with the Jewish state by John Hyrcanus (see Isaiah 34:5 ; Isaiah 63:1 , c. 1 Maccabees 5:3 ). So complete was the amalgamation in Christ's time, that the Herods of Idumean origin, as Jews, ruled over the two races as one people. Thus the ancient prophecy was fulfilled ( Isaiah 63:1- : ), "The elder shall serve the younger." return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-15" class="com-number"
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