07-25-2004, 01:24 AM
Shlama Akhi,
I think the original prophecy (in Isaiah 28:11) is referring to Ephraim (Israel) and not to Judah.
In either case, at the time Isaiah lived Aramaic was a foreign tongue to all the Hebrew people (c.f., 2Kings 18:26) - so that Meshikha speaking in Aramaic is indeed a fulfillment of that prophecy (as seen by Isaiah's eyes.)
I think the original prophecy (in Isaiah 28:11) is referring to Ephraim (Israel) and not to Judah.
In either case, at the time Isaiah lived Aramaic was a foreign tongue to all the Hebrew people (c.f., 2Kings 18:26) - so that Meshikha speaking in Aramaic is indeed a fulfillment of that prophecy (as seen by Isaiah's eyes.)
+Shamasha Paul bar-Shimun de'Beth-Younan