Gentiles Grafted In

¹¹ So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather, through their trespass ^(A)salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. ¹² Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion^[a] mean!

¹³ Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as ^(B)I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry ¹⁴ in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and ^(C)thus save some of them. ¹⁵ For if their rejection means ^(D)the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead? ^16 (E)If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

¹⁷ But if ^(F)some of the branches were broken off, and you, ^(G)although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root^[b] of the olive tree, ¹⁸ do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you. ¹⁹ Then you will say, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” ²⁰ That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you ^(H)stand fast through faith. So ^(I)do not become proud, but ^(J)fear. ²¹ For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. ²² Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, ^(K)provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise ^(L)you too will be cut off. ²³ And ^(M)even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again. ²⁴ For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree.

The Mystery of Israel's Salvation

^25 (N)Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers:^{[c] (O)}a partial hardening has come upon Israel, ^(P)until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. ²⁶ And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written,

²⁸ As regards the gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But as regards election, they are ^(U)beloved for the sake of their forefathers. ²⁹ For the gifts and ^(V)the calling of God are irrevocable. ³⁰ For just as ^(W)you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience, ³¹ so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now^[d] receive mercy. ³² For God ^(X)has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all.

³³ Oh, the depth of the riches and ^(Y)wisdom and knowledge of God! ^(Z)How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

³⁶ For ^(AD)from him and through him and to him are all things. ^(AE)To him be glory forever. Amen.

The Valley of Dry Bones

37 ^(A)The hand of the Lord was upon me, and ^(B)he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley;^[a] it was full of bones. ² And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. ³ And he said to me, ^(C)“Son of man, ^(D)can these bones live?” And ^(E)I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” ⁴ Then he said to me, ^(F)“Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, ^(G)O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. ⁵ Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause ^(H)breath^[b] to enter you, and you shall live. ^6 (I)And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and ^(J)cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live, ^(K)and you shall know that I am the Lord.”

⁷ So I prophesied ^(L)as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, ^(M)a rattling,^[c] and the bones came together, bone to its bone. ⁸ And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But ^(N)there was no breath in them. ⁹ Then he said to me, ^(O)“Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, ^(P)son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God: Come from ^(Q)the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” ¹⁰ So I prophesied ^(R)as he commanded me, and ^(S)the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.

¹¹ Then he said to me, ^(T)“Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and ^(U)our hope is lost; ^(V)we are indeed cut off.’ ¹² Therefore ^(W)prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, ^(X)I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my people. And ^(Y)I will bring you into the land of Israel. ¹³ And ^(Z)you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people. ¹⁴ And ^(AA)I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the Lord; ^(AB)I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the Lord.”

I Will Be Their God; They Shall Be My People

¹⁵ The word of the Lord came to me: ^16 (AC)“Son of man, ^(AD)take a stick^[d] and write on it, ‘For ^(AE)Judah, and ^(AF)the people of Israel associated with him’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For ^(AG)Joseph (the stick of ^(AH)Ephraim) and all the house of Israel associated with him.’ ¹⁷ And ^(AI)join them one to another into one stick, that ^(AJ)they may become ^(AK)one in your hand. ¹⁸ And when ^(AL)your people say to you, ^(AM)‘Will you not tell us what you mean by these?’ ¹⁹ say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am about to take ^(AN)the stick of Joseph (that is in the hand of Ephraim) and the tribes of Israel associated with him. And I will join with it the ^(AO)stick of Judah,^[e] and ^(AP)make them one stick, ^(AQ)that they may be one in my hand. ²⁰ When the sticks on which you write are in your hand ^(AR)before their eyes, ²¹ then say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, ^(AS)I will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from all around, and ^(AT)bring them to their own land. ²² And ^(AU)I will make them one nation in the land, on ^(AV)the mountains of Israel. And ^(AW)one king shall be king over them all, and they shall be no longer ^(AX)two nations, and no longer divided into two kingdoms. ^23 (AY)They shall not ^(AZ)defile themselves anymore ^(BA)with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But ^(BB)I will save them from all the backslidings^[f] in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and ^(BC)they shall be my people, and I will be their God.