Survey of Religious Jews

I recently conducted a Bible question survey in Jerusalem among religious Jews in order to get a consensus of their Biblical knowledge of the Jewish Messiah. I asked 100 Religious Jews from 20-40 years of age a simple question, "Can you tell me one verse from heart about the Messiah from the Bible?" I chose Religious Jews because they apparently commit their lives to learning the Scriptures and the Rabbinic writings. If the person answered yes, then the follow up question was, "What does the verse say about the Messiah, and where is it found in the Bible?" Out of the 100 people surveyed, 87 were men and 13 were girls. Only 5% of the Religious Jews surveyed could answer in the positive! That is to say 95% of the Religious Jews surveyed who spend their lives studying could not tell me one Bible verse from memory about the Messiah! 4 of the 5 also gave the wrong chapter and book reference and could only paraphrase the verse. The texts mentioned were Psalm 2, Zecheriah 9, 14, and Ezekiel 38 and 39.

Hosea 4:6....my people are destroyed because of lack of knowledge".

Reporting from Jerusalem.....