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Romans 9:25-29
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Romans 9:25-29
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25 As he says in Hosea:
“I will call them ‘my people’ who are not my people;
and I will call her ‘my loved one’ who is not my loved one,”[a](A)
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.’”[b](B)
27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:
“Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea,(C)
only the remnant will be saved.(D)
28 For the Lord will carry out
his sentence on earth with speed and finality.”[c](E)
29 It is just as Isaiah said previously:
Footnotes
- Romans 9:25 Hosea 2:23
- Romans 9:26 Hosea 1:10
- Romans 9:28 Isaiah 10:22,23 (see Septuagint)
- Romans 9:29 Isaiah 1:9
Romans 9:25-29
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Romans 9:25-29
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25 As he also says in Hosea,
“Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’
and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’ ”(A)
26 “And in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’
there they shall be called children of the living God.”(B)
27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the children of Israel were like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved,(C) 28 for the Lord will execute his sentence on the earth quickly and decisively.”[a] 29 And as Isaiah predicted,
“If the Lord of hosts had not left descendants to us,
we would have fared like Sodom
and been made like Gomorrah.”(D)
Footnotes
- 9.28 Other ancient authorities read for he will finish his work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make the sentence shortened on the earth
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