Romans 11:1-10
Lexham English Bible
A Remnant of Israel Remains
11 Therefore I say, God has not rejected his people, has he?[a] May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, from the descendants of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not rejected his people, whom he foreknew! Or do you not know, in the passage about[b] Elijah, what the scripture says—how he appeals to God against Israel? 3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have torn down your altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life!”[c] 4 But what does the divine response say to him? “I have left for myself seven thousand people[d] who have not bent the knee to Baal.”[e] 5 So in this way also at the present time, there is a remnant selected by grace[f]. 6 But if by grace, it is no longer by works, for otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
7 What then? What Israel was searching for, this it did not obtain. But the elect obtained it, and the rest were hardened, 8 just as it is written,
“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear,
until this very day.”[g]
9 And David says,
“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
and a cause for stumbling and a retribution to them;
10 let their eyes be darkened so that they do not see,
and cause their backs to bend continually[h].”[i]
Footnotes
- Romans 11:1 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here
- Romans 11:2 The words “the passage about” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied for clarity
- Romans 11:3 A quotation from 1 Kgs 19:10, 14
- Romans 11:4 Or perhaps “males,” referring to men only
- Romans 11:4 A quotation from 1 Kgs 19:18
- Romans 11:5 Literally “according to selection of grace”
- Romans 11:8 A quotation from Deut 29:4; Isa 29:10
- Romans 11:10 Literally “throughout everything”
- Romans 11:10 A quotation from Ps 69:22–23
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