The Israelites are abandoned temporarily and Muslims are addressed through this verse (NO. 75) that if you believers ever expect that the Jews in your town, as a body may welcome Mohammad as the prophet prophesied in their own scriptures, you are mistaken. This is because a group of them have heard the word of Allah and then pervert it knowingly after they have it understood.

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      (THE PROMISE TO SEND A PROPHET LIKE MOSES.- In the old as well as the NEW TESTAMENTS, there are many verses for telling that Mohammad the chosen prophet of God would come. The people of the BOOK have read and understood that glad tidings, but had it perverted or misinterpreted - An instance of this follows: Then Moses said: ``In the land you are about to occupy, people follow the advice of those who practice divination and look for omens, but the LORD your God does not allow you to do this. Instead HE WILL SEND YOU A PROPHET LIKE ME FROM AMONG YOUR PEOPLE, AND YOU ARE TO OBEY HIM.''   TRANSLATOR'S NOTE ِ DEUTERONOMY - 18: 14