Romans 11:1
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Israel’s Rejection Is Not Final
11 I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.(A)
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2 Corinthians 11:22
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22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.(A)
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1 Samuel 12:22
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22 For the Lord will not cast away his people, for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself.(A)
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Philippians 3:5
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5 circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;(A)
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Jeremiah 33:24-26
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24 Have you not observed how these people say, “The two families that the Lord chose have been rejected by him,” and how they hold my people in such contempt that they no longer regard them as a nation?(A) 25 Thus says the Lord: Only if I had not established my covenant with day and night and the ordinances of heaven and earth(B) 26 would I reject the offspring of Jacob and of my servant David and not choose any of his descendants as rulers over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy upon them.(C)
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Acts 26:4
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4 “All the Jews know my way of life from my youth, a life spent from the beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem.(A)
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Acts 22:3
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3 “I am a Jew born in Tarsus in Cilicia but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated strictly according to our ancestral law, being zealous for God, just as all of you are today.(A)
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Amos 9:8-9
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8 The eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom,
and I will destroy it from the face of the earth
—except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,
says the Lord.(A)
9 For I will command
and shake the house of Israel among all the nations,
as one shakes with a sieve
but no pebble shall fall to the ground.(B)
Jeremiah 31:36-37
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36 If this fixed order were ever to cease
from my presence, says the Lord,
then also the offspring of Israel would cease
to be a nation before me forever.(A)
37 Thus says the Lord:
If the heavens above can be measured
and the foundations of the earth below can be explored,
then I will reject all the offspring of Israel
because of all they have done,
says the Lord.(B)
Romans 9:3
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3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own brothers and sisters, my own flesh and blood.(A)
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Romans 3:4
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4 By no means! Although every human is a liar, let God be proved true, as it is written,
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- 3.4 Other ancient authorities read you may prevail
Hosea 9:17
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17 Because they have not listened to him,
my God will reject them;
they shall become wanderers among the nations.(A)
2 Kings 23:27
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27 The Lord said, “I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will reject this city that I have chosen, Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’ ”(A)
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Psalm 94:14
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14 For the Lord will not forsake his people;
he will not abandon his heritage;(A)
Psalm 89:31-37
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31 if they violate my statutes
and do not keep my commandments,
32 then I will punish their transgression with the rod
and their iniquity with scourges,(A)
33 but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
or be false to my faithfulness.(B)
34 I will not violate my covenant
or alter the word that went forth from my lips.(C)
35 Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness;
I will not lie to David.(D)
36 His line shall continue forever,
and his throne endure before me like the sun.(E)
37 It shall be established forever like the moon,
an enduring witness in the skies.” Selah
Psalm 77:7
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7 “Will the Lord spurn forever
and never again be favorable?(A)
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