The purpose of this thread is to show that the word (Jew is an abbreviation for (Judean,) therefore (Judean) is synonymous with the word (Jew.)
The word (Jew) is commonly used as a curse word by the people of the world.
Isaiah 65:15
You will leave your name to my chosen ones as a curse;(Jews) the Sovereign LORD will put you to death, but to his servants he will give another name.
I am trying to understand better where you're coming from CherubRam. If you read my posts along... there are three predominate kinds of "Jews:"
1) Ashkenazi 'Jews' were, and are actually Gentiles: descendants of Japheth, son of Noah (Genesis 9:27, 10:2, 3, 4, Genesis 10:5 KJV). Please take note of the name Ashkenaz, son of Gomer (think Germany), son of Japheth, 'father' of the Gentiles. Therefore the Ashkenazi Gentiles, among all of Japheth’s descendants, branched away from the Shemites (and from other Gentile descendants of Japheth) with whom Noah sanctioned procreation in Genesis 9:27 KJV. There is no similar sanction for the Gentiles and Shemites to procreate with the ‘Hamites’ and/or Canaanites. In fact, Noah drew a line in the sand defining the boundary of the Land of Canaan where the ‘Hamites’ also lived. In other words, by default, Noah rebuked Gentile/Shemite relations with the ‘Hamite’/Canaanites. In fact, Noah’s default destined the Hamites/Canaanites to near exclusive first-degree incest and beyond. Nonetheless, Ashkenazi Gentiles became the target prey of Nimrod, the mighty hunter of souls so to speak, grandson of Ham and his wife (Genesis 10:6, 7, 8, 9, 10). I proffer Ham’s wife was Naamah (Genesis 4:22 KJV), the daughter of Lamech, great… grandson of Cain (Genesis 4:17, 18, 19). Thereby, one of Cain’s descendants got a ticket for a cruise: Ham’s wife. She was granted a boat pass being Lamech carried out God’s ‘veiled’ execution of Cain (Genesis 4:23 KJV) to extend the mark of Cain for Lamech’s children and descendants for a total of “seventy and sevenfold” generations from God (Genesis 4:24 KJV, Luke 3:38-23). Lamech was fulfilling God’s promise to Cain in Genesis 4:15 since Cain broke parole (celibacy) and sired Enoch (Genesis 4:17, 18, 19). For services rendered, Lamech thereby secured a pass for his daughter, wife of Ham.
Ashkenazi Gentile descendants of Japheth, son of Noah, became seduced in flesh and spirit subscribing to what is known today as Talmudic Judaism. The Talmud reports Ham sodomized and castrated Noah. Therefore, Ham’s SON Cush was allegedly “smitten” with “black skin” speaking of racism, a father’s consequence of sin being passed from father to son. The Gentile – ‘Hamite’ ancestral corruption was a prelude to the analogous Shemite/Hebrew/Israelite corruption found in Ezra 9:1, 2, 7, that Moses forbade in Deuteronomy 7:1, 2, 3. The Gentile – ‘Hamite’ ancestral corruption was a reflection of antediluvian events (Genesis 6:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). Ezra, God’s ‘second law-giver,’ rebuked: a.) Abraham’s marriage to Keturah, b.) Judah’s marriage to Keturah’s Canaanitess granddaughter (Genesis 25:1, 2, 3, 4, Genesis 38:2, 12, 1Chronicles 2:3), even c) 32k Midianite virgins (granddaughters of Keturah) Moses angrily permitted entrance into the congregation of the Lord (Numbers 31:1, 2, 9, 14, 17, 18, 35). Hence: Keturah, the great harlot. Further evidence corroborating Noah’s ancestral ‘line in the sand’ is reflected in Abraham’s infamous quest for a wife for Isaac (Genesis 24:1, 2, 3), and even Isaac’s and Rebekah’s utterly dire quest for a wife for Jacob (Genesis 27:46, 28:1, 2, 3). The Ashkenazi 'Jews' are predominately Gentile by nation (Japhethites), but “Jews” being seduced into the Talmudic religion.
2) Israelite 'Jews' were, and are obviously descendants of Jacob-Israel, God’s chosen (Deuteronomy 7:6, 7, 8, 9), Paul being an Israelite Benjamite Jew, for instance. Jesus was a Pharzite Jew being a descendant of Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar’s eldest twin son Pharez. Pharez is found in the ancestry of King David and Jesus (Matthew 1:1, 2, 3, Luke 3:31, 32, 33).
3) Furthermore, there were, and remain descendants of Judah, prophesied progenitor of Messiah (Isaiah 65:9 KJV), of primary significance for obvious reason. There are Judah’s Israelite descendants via Judah’s widowed daughter-in-law Tamar, mother of Judah’s eldest twin son Pharez called Pharzites. There is no such Biblical title, “Judahites” as there are Levites, Benjamites, etc. Therefore, the title Pharzites is not insignificant. On the flip side of this Messianic prophecy coin: The Shelanites were descendants of Judah's Canaanite wife via their third and surviving Canaanite son Shelah (Genesis 38:6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11), who survived to procreate (Genesis 38:26 KJV). God slew Shelah's two elder Canaanite brothers Er, and Onan... and, it wasn't every day God personally slew anyone (hint: red flag).
Does it not stand to simple reason the Shelanites, sons of the prophesied progenitor of Messiah (1Chronicles 4:21, 22, Numbers 26:20 KJV), would at least have an arguable claim against the Pharzites probating Abraham's will (Genesis 25:5 KJV)? Even being the prophesied lineage through whom Messiah would arrive? Esau would have had a better claim than the Shelanites, and certain of Esau’s descendants did in fact receive conditional entry into the congregation of the Lord in Deuteronomy 23:7 KJV, Deuteronomy 23:8 KJV, Deuteronomy 23:9 KJV. Two of Esau’s wives were Hittite ‘daughters’ of Heth (Genesis 26:34, 35), second son of Canaan (Genesis 10:15 KJV). The Shelanites survived behind the ambiguity of the title, “Jew;” even though the Shelanites weren’t counted by Ezra being among the ‘tribe’ of Judah (1Chronicles 4:1, MINUS 1Chronicles 4:21, 22). The title “Jew” is exclusively ancestral when referring to Israelites, although there were scant records in Jesus’ days.
Listen closely as Isaiah subtly delineates a distinct people in the chapter you bring to this table:
Isaiah 65:1 KJV "I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, UNTO A NATION THAT WAS NOT CALLED BY MY NAME."
Contrast that nation with Isaiah 43:1 KJV, “But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; THOU ART MINE.” The Israelites were God's chosen (Deuteronomy 7:6, 7, 8, 9), not "Jews," "...for in Isaac shall thy seed be called" Genesis 21:12 KJV. Then, who was that ‘nation’ of 'tag-alongs’ among the Israelites? Who was that "nation that was not called by my name"? The Israelites may be guilty of many things, but they were still God’s chosen Israelites (Deuteronomy 7:6, 7, 8, 9). Who was that nation that was not called by Almighty God's name, Israel?
Your OP verse Isaiah 65:15 was preceded just six verses prior by Isaiah 65:9 KJV, “And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.” Do you gather the notion there would be heritable rift between the Shelanites, and the Pharzites?
CherubRam… The Shelanites, Abraham’s seed, WERE ancestral Jews in their minds being descendants of Abraham via Keturah, via Judah’s Canaanite wife. On the other hand, they were NOT Israelite JEWS (Deuteronomy 7:1, 2, 3, Isaiah 9:1, 2, 7, 1Chronicles 4:1 MINUS 1Chronicles 4:21, 22, Rev 2:9, 3:9) as Jesus detractors so proclaimed in Matthew 27: 42, even John 8:33 KJV never having been in bondage in Egypt. I do not refute your notion of the origin of the title ‘Jew’ meaning being from Judea as a geographical indicator. At the same time, the Shelanites hid behind the title “Jew” claiming ancestry as “we be Abraham’s seed and were never in bondage to any man” (John 8:33 KJV, John 8:37 KJV, John 8:39 KJV). Undoubtedly, the Shelanite ‘Jews’ gave this title a curse, and I find such in Matthew 23:33 KJV, Matthew 23:34 KJV, Matthew 23:35 KJV, Acts 7:51, 52, FULFILLED in Matthew 27:24, 25. The “nation that was not called by my name” in Isaiah 65:1 KJV were the instigators of the crucifixion as they plainly indicate they were NOT Israelites (Matthew 27:42). Since Jesus’ detractors were NOT Israelite, what is their ancestral origin? I proffer the Shelanite descendants of Judah, the prophesied progenitor of Messiah (Isaiah 65:9), via Judah’s Canaanite wife. And, the Shelanites had a vested interest in Jesus’ crucifixion.
Therefore, the Shelanites gave the title “Jew” a bad name beginning with Jesus calling them hypocrites in Matthew 23:13, 15, 17, 23, 25, 27, 29, corroborating Rev 2:9, 3:9 KJV. I can agree with you OP from this perspective.
Peace,
kayaker