The Remnant of Israel

11 I ask, then, (A)has God rejected his people? By no means! For (B)I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham,[a] a member of the tribe of Benjamin.

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  1. Romans 11:1 Or one of the offspring of Abraham

The Remnant of Israel

11 I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means!(A) I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham,(B) from the tribe of Benjamin.(C)

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22 Are they Hebrews? (A)So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they offspring of Abraham? So am I.

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22 Are they Hebrews? So am I.(A) Are they Israelites? So am I.(B) Are they Abraham’s descendants? So am I.(C)

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22 (A)For the Lord will not forsake his people, (B)for his great name's sake, because (C)it has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself.

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22 For the sake(A) of his great name(B) the Lord will not reject(C) his people, because the Lord was pleased to make(D) you his own.

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(A)circumcised on the eighth day, (B)of the people of Israel, (C)of the tribe of Benjamin, (D)a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, (E)a Pharisee;

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circumcised(A) on the eighth day, of the people of Israel,(B) of the tribe of Benjamin,(C) a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee;(D)

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24 “Have you not observed that these people are saying, ‘The Lord has rejected the two clans that he chose’? Thus they have despised my people so that they are no longer a nation in their sight. 25 Thus says the Lord: (A)If I have not established my covenant with day and night and the fixed order of heaven and earth, 26 then I will reject the offspring of Jacob and David my servant and will not choose one of his offspring to rule over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (B)For I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy on them.”

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24 “Have you not noticed that these people are saying, ‘The Lord has rejected the two kingdoms[a](A) he chose’? So they despise(B) my people and no longer regard them as a nation.(C) 25 This is what the Lord says: ‘If I have not made my covenant with day and night(D) and established the laws(E) of heaven and earth,(F) 26 then I will reject(G) the descendants of Jacob(H) and David my servant and will not choose one of his sons to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes[b](I) and have compassion(J) on them.’”

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  1. Jeremiah 33:24 Or families
  2. Jeremiah 33:26 Or will bring them back from captivity

(A)“My manner of life from my youth, spent from the beginning among (B)my own nation and in Jerusalem, is known by all the Jews.

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“The Jewish people all know the way I have lived ever since I was a child,(A) from the beginning of my life in my own country, and also in Jerusalem.

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(A)“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated (B)at the feet of (C)Gamaliel[a] (D)according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, (E)being zealous for God (F)as all of you are this day.

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  1. Acts 22:3 Or city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated

“I am a Jew,(A) born in Tarsus(B) of Cilicia,(C) but brought up in this city. I studied under(D) Gamaliel(E) and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors.(F) I was just as zealous(G) for God as any of you are today.

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Behold, (A)the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom,
    and I will destroy it from the surface of the ground,
    (B)except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.

“For behold, I will command,
    (C)and shake the house of Israel among all the nations
as one shakes with a sieve,
    but no pebble shall fall to the earth.

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“Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lord
    are on the sinful kingdom.
I will destroy(A) it
    from the face of the earth.
Yet I will not totally destroy
    the descendants of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.(B)
“For I will give the command,
    and I will shake the people of Israel
    among all the nations
as grain(C) is shaken in a sieve,(D)
    and not a pebble will reach the ground.(E)

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36 (A)“If this fixed order departs
    from before me, declares the Lord,
then shall the offspring of Israel cease
    from being a nation before me forever.”

37 Thus says the Lord:
“If the heavens above can be measured,
    and the foundations of the earth below can be explored,
(B)then I will cast off all the offspring of Israel
    for all that they have done,
declares the Lord.”

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36 “Only if these decrees(A) vanish from my sight,”
    declares the Lord,
“will Israel(B) ever cease
    being a nation before me.”

37 This is what the Lord says:

“Only if the heavens above can be measured(C)
    and the foundations of the earth below be searched out
will I reject(D) all the descendants of Israel
    because of all they have done,”
declares the Lord.

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For (A)I could wish that I myself were (B)accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers,[a] my kinsmen (C)according to the flesh.

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  1. Romans 9:3 Or brothers and sisters

For I could wish that I myself(A) were cursed(B) and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people,(C) those of my own race,(D)

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By no means! (A)Let God be true though (B)every one were a liar, as it is written,

(C)“That you may be justified in your words,
    and prevail when you (D)are judged.”

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Not at all! Let God be true,(A) and every human being a liar.(B) As it is written:

“So that you may be proved right when you speak
    and prevail when you judge.”[a](C)

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  1. Romans 3:4 Psalm 51:4

17 (A)My God will reject them
    because they have not listened to him;
    (B)they shall be wanderers among the nations.

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17 My God will reject(A) them
    because they have not obeyed(B) him;
    they will be wanderers among the nations.(C)

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27 And the Lord said, “I will remove Judah also out of my sight, (A)as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city that I have chosen, Jerusalem, (B)and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.”

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27 So the Lord said, “I will remove(A) Judah also from my presence(B) as I removed Israel, and I will reject(C) Jerusalem, the city I chose, and this temple, about which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 23:27 1 Kings 8:29