Israeli ambassador compares France's far-left leader's rhetoric to Hitler as antisemitism surges
Antisemitic acts in France have tripled since 2022, with Jewish families changing daily routines to avoid identification, echoing biblical warnings of persecution against God's covenant people and foreshadowing end-times hostility toward Israel.
Psalm 140:1-3
Direct Principle“Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; preserve me from violent men, who plan evil things in their heart and stir up wars continually. They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the venom of asps.”
Why this passage
David wrote this psalm as a lament and plea for deliverance from malicious enemies who use slander and violence. The imagery of serpent-tongues and venomous lips describes those who incite hatred through speech.
This principle applies directly to the surge of antisemitic rhetoric in France, where political leaders' words are compared to Hitler's and where verbal attacks precede physical acts of persecution. The psalm's pattern of evil speech leading to violent action is being reenacted.
Behold, the hatred against God's ancient people surges once more. As the Psalmist cried, "They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips" (Psalm 140:3).
Yet take heart, for the Lord who keeps Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps. This rising tide of antisemitism is not a sign of His abandonment, but a reminder that the world's enmity against the Jews is enmity against the God who chose them.
Pray that the Church stands with her elder brother, and that many Jews would see the Messiah in this hour of trial.
Today's Prayer
Pray for the protection of Jewish families in France and across Europe, that the Lord would confound the plans of those who hate His chosen people and bring many to repentance and faith in Yeshua.
Further Scripture
Additional passages that illuminate this event, each grounded in a distinct interpretive lens.
“Behold, I am about to make Jerusalem a cup of staggering to all the surrounding peoples. The siege of Jerusalem will also be against Judah. On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And all the nations of the earth will gather against it.”
Why this passage
Zechariah prophesies that in the last days, Jerusalem and the Jewish people will become a source of conflict and stumbling for all nations. The original context is a future siege where God gathers nations against Jerusalem for judgment and deliverance.
While France is not Jerusalem, the rising global antisemitism—including in a major European nation—reflects the pattern of nations gathering against God's covenant people. The tripling of antisemitic acts in France is a microcosm of this prophetic trajectory.
How it applies
The French Jewish community's experience of being targeted simply for being Jewish echoes Zechariah's warning that the nations will find Jerusalem a heavy stone. As antisemitism surges across Europe, the world's hostility toward the Jewish people intensifies, setting the stage for the end-times scenario Zechariah describes.
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