Future Recovery of Wisdom

17 Is it not yet a very little while
Till (A)Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field,
And the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest?

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17 In a very short time,(A) will not Lebanon(B) be turned into a fertile field(C)
    and the fertile field seem like a forest?(D)

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15 Until (A)the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,
And (B)the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
And the fruitful field is counted as a forest.

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15 till the Spirit(A) is poured on us from on high,
    and the desert becomes a fertile field,(B)
    and the fertile field seems like a forest.(C)

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37 “For (A)yet a little while,
And (B)He[a] who is coming will come and will not [b]tarry.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:37 Or that which
  2. Hebrews 10:37 delay

37 For,

“In just a little while,
    he who is coming(A) will come
    and will not delay.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:37 Isaiah 26:20; Hab. 2:3

19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.” 20 Well said. Because of (A)unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either. 22 Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, [a]goodness, (B)if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise (C)you also will be cut off. 23 And they also, (D)if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. 24 For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be (E)wise in your own [b]opinion, that (F)blindness in part has happened to Israel (G)until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And so all Israel will be [c]saved, as it is written:

(H)“The Deliverer will come out of Zion,
And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
27 For (I)this is My covenant with them,
When I take away their sins.”

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:22 NU adds of God
  2. Romans 11:25 estimation
  3. Romans 11:26 Or delivered

19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” 20 Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith.(A) Do not be arrogant,(B) but tremble.(C) 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.

22 Consider therefore the kindness(D) and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue(E) in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off.(F) 23 And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.(G) 24 After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree,(H) how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!

All Israel Will Be Saved

25 I do not want you to be ignorant(I) of this mystery,(J) brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited:(K) Israel has experienced a hardening(L) in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in,(M) 26 and in this way[a] all Israel will be saved.(N) As it is written:

“The deliverer will come from Zion;
    he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
27 And this is[b] my covenant with them
    when I take away their sins.”[c](O)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:26 Or and so
  2. Romans 11:27 Or will be
  3. Romans 11:27 Isaiah 59:20,21; 27:9 (see Septuagint); Jer. 31:33,34

Israel’s Rejection Not Final

11 I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But (A)through their [a]fall, to provoke them to (B)jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles. 12 Now if their [b]fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!

13 For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as (C)I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and (D)save some of them. 15 For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be (E)but life from the dead?

16 For if (F)the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17 And if (G)some of the branches were broken off, (H)and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and [c]fatness of the olive tree,

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:11 trespass
  2. Romans 11:12 trespass
  3. Romans 11:17 richness

Ingrafted Branches

11 Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all!(A) Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles(B) to make Israel envious.(C) 12 But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles,(D) how much greater riches will their full inclusion bring!

13 I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles,(E) I take pride in my ministry 14 in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy(F) and save(G) some of them. 15 For if their rejection brought reconciliation(H) to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?(I) 16 If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits(J) is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

17 If some of the branches have been broken off,(K) and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others(L) and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root,

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43 “Therefore I say to you, (A)the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it.

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43 “Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you(A) and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

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The Fig Tree Withered(A)

18 (B)Now in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry. 19 (C)And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, “Let no fruit grow on you ever again.” Immediately the fig tree withered away.

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Jesus Curses a Fig Tree(A)

18 Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. 19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” Immediately the tree withered.(B)

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30 (A)But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

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30 But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.(A)

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Desolation of Israel

11 Open (A)your doors, O Lebanon,
That fire may devour your cedars.
Wail, O cypress, for the (B)cedar has fallen,
Because the mighty trees are ruined.
Wail, O oaks of Bashan,
(C)For the thick forest has come down.

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11 Open your doors, Lebanon,(A)
    so that fire(B) may devour your cedars!
Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen;
    the stately trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks(C) of Bashan;
    the dense forest(D) has been cut down!(E)

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“For thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)‘Once more (it is a little while) (B)I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land;

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“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In a little while(A) I will once more shake the heavens and the earth,(B) the sea and the dry land.

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For (A)the vision is yet for an appointed time;
But at the end it will speak, and it will (B)not lie.
Though it tarries, (C)wait for it;
Because it will (D)surely come,
It will not tarry.

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For the revelation awaits an appointed time;(A)
    it speaks of the end(B)
    and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait(C) for it;
    it[a] will certainly come
    and will not delay.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:3 Or Though he linger, wait for him; / he

12 Therefore because of you
Zion shall be (A)plowed like a field,
(B)Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins,
And (C)the mountain of the [a]temple
Like the bare hills of the forest.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 3:12 Lit. house

12 Therefore because of you,
    Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,(A)
    the temple(B) hill a mound overgrown with thickets.(C)

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For the children of Israel shall abide many days (A)without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without (B)ephod or (C)teraphim.

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For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince,(A) without sacrifice(B) or sacred stones,(C) without ephod(D) or household gods.(E)

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