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26 “And it shall be in the place where it was said to them ‘you are not My people’, there they will be called sons of the living God” [Hos 1:10].

But Only a Remnant of Israel Will Be Saved

27 But[a] Isaiah cries-out concerning Israel: “If the number of the sons of Israel should be like the sand of the sea, the remnant will be saved. 28 For the Lord will accomplish[b] His word upon the earth, completing[c] and cutting-short[d]” [in Isa 10:22-23].

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:27 Here Paul proves that only a remnant of physical Israel would be saved.
  2. Romans 9:28 Or more specifically, execute His sentence; less specifically, carry-out the matter.
  3. Romans 9:28 That is, completing the judgment; or, carrying-out His word; or, closing the account.
  4. Romans 9:28 Or, cutting-down, cutting-off. Paul may mean cutting-short the nation, cutting it down to the remnant; or, cutting short the time, ‘quickly’.

26 and,

“In the very place where it was said to them,
    ‘You are not my people,’
    there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’”[a](A)

27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:

“Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea,(B)
    only the remnant will be saved.(C)
28 For the Lord will carry out
    his sentence on earth with speed and finality.”[b](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:26 Hosea 1:10
  2. Romans 9:28 Isaiah 10:22,23 (see Septuagint)

26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.

27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

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