To answer this question, we must “Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations…
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- When the Most High divided to [all] the nations their inheritance…he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
- For the LORD‘s portion is his people; Jacob / Israel is the lot / measured out property of his inheritance…the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.” (Deuteronomy 32:7-9)
Remember when God struck a deal with Abraham over the fate of Lot? There is a similar deal here, and an expansion on the meaning of both Lot’s name and God’s “lot” .
“And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering / lot cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death in victory; and the LORD God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth...And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.” (Isaiah 25:7-9)
IN THE MEANTIME…
“Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me. Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
“Yet now hear,
- O Jacob my servant;
- and Israel, whom I have chosen…
Fear not,
- O Jacob, my servant;
- and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen…” (Isaiah 43:27-42:2)
It certainly appears that Jesurun is another name for Israel, as stated by various Bible scholars. After all, “Jeshurun” means “Upright One(s)”.
And God’s portion is Israel, right?
But let’s let the Bible interpret this in context, AKA according to the law of first mention.
“But Jeshurun forsook God…they provoked him to jealousy with strange gods.” (Deuteronomy 32:15-16).
Again, in the context of Moses’ rehearsal of Israel’s history and future:
“Up, make US gods, which shall go before US.>And Aaron said unto THEM, Break off the golden earrings…And he fashioned it a molten calf: and THEY said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought THEE up out of the land of Egypt.” (Exodus 32)
Since “they” are urging Israel to forsake YHVH, “they are not all Israel, which are of Israel” (Romans 9:6), they are a subset of Israel defined as “Jeshurun”. You know that Paul was virtually quoting Moses throughout his writings.