Isaiah 28:20

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²⁰For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on,
and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in.

Isaiah 28:20 in all English translations

Romans 9:24-33

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²⁴even us whom he ^(A)has called, ^(B)not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles? ²⁵As indeed he says in Hosea,

^(C)“Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’
and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’”
²⁶^(D)“And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’
there they will be called ^(E)‘sons of the living God.’”

²⁷And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: ^(F)“Though the number of the sons of Israel^[a] be as the sand of the sea, ^(G)only a remnant of them will be saved, ²⁸for the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay.” ²⁹And as Isaiah predicted,

^(H)^(I)“If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring,
^(J)we would have been like Sodom
and become like Gomorrah.”

Israel's Unbelief

³⁰What shall we say, then? ^(K)That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, ^(L)a righteousness that is by faith; ³¹but that Israel ^(M)who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness^[b] ^(N)did not succeed in reaching that law. ³²Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the ^(O)stumbling stone, ³³as it is written,

^(P)“Behold, I am laying in Zion ^(Q)a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;
^(R)and whoever believes in him will not be ^(S)put to shame.”

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Footnotes

Romans 9:27 Or children of Israel
Romans 9:31 Greek a law of righteousness

1 Peter 2:4-10

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⁴As you come to him, a living stone ^(A)rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, ⁵^(B)you yourselves like living stones are being built up as ^(C)a spiritual house, to be ^(D)a holy priesthood, ^(E)to offer spiritual sacrifices ^(F)acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ⁶For it stands in Scripture:

^(G)“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
a cornerstone chosen and precious,
^(H)and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”

⁷So the honor is for you who ^(I)believe, but for those who ^(J)do not believe,

^(K)“The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,”^[a]

⁸and

^(L)“A stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offense.”

They stumble because they disobey the word, ^(M)as they were destined to do.

⁹But you are ^(N)a chosen race, ^(O)a royal ^(P)priesthood, ^(Q)a holy nation, ^(R)a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you ^(S)out of darkness into ^(T)his marvelous light. ¹⁰^(U)Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.