[tired&retired]

In light of the current movement to allow the Kurds in Syria to form their own government, I did a Google search and found this interesting Blog Comment from 2014. It is not my blog nor do I know the author.

I just find his comments very insightful.

Love to hear other thoughts on this.

[tired&retired]

Isaiah 13:17 — “Behold, I am going to stir up the Medes against them [the Babylonians]….”

Jeremiah 51:11 — “The Lord has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His purpose is against Babylon to destroy it; for it is the vengeance of the Lord….”

Jeremiah 51:28-29 — “Consecrate the nations against her, the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their prefects, and every land of their dominion. So the land quakes and writhes, for the purposes of the Lord against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitants….”

[BenLurkin]

Kurds are Medes is a new one.

[BenLurkin]

But apparently new only to Old Ben...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medes#Kurds_and_Medes

[zerosix]

Yes and not only Iraq but also Turkey and Iran fear the Kurds and the Kurdish people!!

[robroys woman]

Not my blog

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Yer just scared of HG. :-P

[fatez]

I have read a few of Mr. Rosenberg's books and I think he is a pretty serious scholar that has pretty good discernment. You might not agree with his assessment, but he has integrity and a very good understanding of both geopolitics and Biblical interpretation.

[GOP Poet]

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[dangus]

The Medes were in NW Iran, but also more in what is now Azerbaijan and Dagestan, which is about where the map label “Russia” is. I don’t know what ethnic ties there might be, but I understand Kurds to be rather similar to Germans.

[dangus]

Found this: Kurdish and MEdian are both languages from the West Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages

[dangus]

OK... this is also interesting: Medes is where Magi are from.

[WalterSkinner]

..some scholars believe the Wise Men were Medes who knew the prophecies of Daniel...

[exPBRrat]

All very fascinating...which is why I really like this place.

[miss marmelstein]

Interesting. For many years, my next door neighbor was a Berber Muslim originally from Morocco although he had a strong French accent and looked like Jean-Paul Belmondo! He absolutely loathed Arab Muslims and said they were the cause of all the problems.

[ontap]

As far I know the Kurds were the only ones who thanked us after the Iraq war!!!

[Albion Wilde]

According to Wikipedia,

The Kurds are a people of Indo-European origin. They speak an Iranian language known as Kurdish, and comprise the majority of the population of the region – however, included therein are Arab, Armenian, Assyrian/Aramean/Syriac, Azerbaijani, Jewish, Ossetian, Persian, and Turkish communities. Most inhabitants are Muslim, but adherents to other religions are present as well – including Yarsanism, which is an ethnically Kurdish religion, Yazidis, Alevis, Christians, and in the past, Jews, most of whom immigrated to Israel.