Romans 11
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1I ask, therefore, has Hashem repudiated His people? Not at all! Chas v'shalom! For I too am a ben Yisroel, of the zera Avraham (seed of Avraham Avinu), of the tribe of Binyamin.
2 Hashem has not repudiated His people whom He foreknew.#11:2 Ps 94:14; Ro 8:29 Or do you not have da'as what the Kitvei Hakodesh says in the section about Eliyahu HaNavi, how he appeals to Hashem against Yisroel?
3Adonoi, they have killed your Nevi'im, they have torn down your mizbe'achot (altars), and I alone have been left, and they seek my life.#11:3 1Kgs 19:10
4But what is Hashemʼs answer to him? “I have kept for Myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Ba'al.”#11:4 1Kgs 19:18
5Thus, therefore, also in the zman hazeh, there has come into being a she'erit (remnant, remainder) in accordance with the bechirah (election) of chesed (free, unmerited favor or grace).
6But if on the mekor (basis) of chen v'chesed (unmerited favor, grace), then not on the mekor (basis) of#11:6 loin (wages), batsolen (pay) for ma'asim (works), vi-bahlt (since) otherwise chesed would no longer be chesed.#11:6 Ro 4:4-5
7What then? What Yisroel sought for, that is what it did not obtain; but hannivcharim (the elect, the chosen ones) obtained it. And the rest were hardened.#11:7 Ro 9:17-18
8As it is written, G-d gave to them a ruach tardemah (spirit of deep sleep), eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear, until this very day.#11:8 Isa 29:10
9And Dovid said, Let their shulchan (table) become a snare and a net, a trap and a retribution for them;
10Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and bend their backs forever.#11:10 Ps 69:22,23
11I ask, therefore, have they stumbled so as to fall? Chas v'shalom! But by their peysha (transgression), Yeshu'at Eloheinu is coming to the Goyim in order to provoke them to jealousy.
12And if their peysha (transgression) means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Goyim, how much more will their fullness mean!
13I am speaking to you Goyim. So then, in as much as I am Shliach of the Ethnic Groups, I magnify my avodas kodesh, in the tikvah
14that I might provoke my kinsmen to jealousy and might save some of them.
15For if their rejection means ritztzuy (reconciliation),#11:15 cessation of enmity, hostility between a wrathful holy G-d and sinful men for the gontzer velt (whole world), what shall their acceptance mean other than Chayyim min haMesim (Life from the dead ones)?
16If the terumah haissa (portion, offering of the dough) that is reshit (first) is kodesh (holy), so is the whole; and if the shoresh (root) is kodesh (holy), so also are the ana'fim (the branches).
17But if some of the ana'fim have been broken off, and you, a wild olive, have been grafted among them and have become sharer in the richness of the olive treeʼs root,
18Do not boast#11:18 Ro 4:2 over the ana'fim. If you do boast, it is not the case that you sustain the shoresh, but the shoresh sustains you.
19You will say, then, “Ana'fim were broken off in order that I might be grafted in.”
20Quite so: they were broken off on the mekor (basis) of no emunah, but you stand only by emunah. Do not cherish proud thoughts, but fear.
21For if G-d did not spare the natural anafim, neither will He spare you.
22Consider then the nedivut (generosity), the chesed of Hashem, and also the fearful judgment of Hashem: to those who fell,#11:22 Ro 11:15 severity; but to you the goodness of Hashem, provided that you continue in that goodness; otherwise, you too will be cut off.
23Whereas, they also, if they do not continue in a condition of no emunah, shall be grafted in; for Hashem is able to graft them in again.
24For if you#11:24 Goyim were cut off from the wild olive tree and grafted unnaturally into the cultivated olive tree, how much more shall those who belong to it naturally be grafted into their own olive tree.
25For I do not want you to be unaware, Achim b'Moshiach, of this raz (mystery), lest you be wise in your own estimation, that a hardening in part has come over Yisroel, until the full number of the Goyim has come in;
26And so Klal Yisroel shall be delivered, as it is written: Out of Tziyon shall come the Go'el (Deliverer, Redeemer); He will turn away, remove peysha from Ya'akov (Jacob),
27And this will be My Berit (covenant) with them, when I take away their sins.#11:27 Isa 59:20-21; 27:9
28With regard to the Besuras HaGeulah they are oyevim (enemies) for your#11:28 you Goyim sake, whereas with regard to the bechirah (election) they are beloved for the sake of the Avot (Fathers).
29For the matnat Hashem and the kri'at Hashem are irrevocable.
30For just as you Goyim were once without mishma'at to Hashem, but now have received chaninah (mercy, pardon) by their lack of mishma'at,
31So also they have now been without mishma'at for your chaninah (mercy, pardon) in order that they also might receive chaninah (mercy).#11:31 Ro 9:15-16
32For G-d has confined all in disobedience in order that He might have chaninah (mercy) on all;
33O the depth of the riches and the chochmah (wisdom) and da'as (knowledge) of Hashem. How unfathomable are His mishpatim and unsearchable His ways.
34For who has known the Ruach of Hashem? Or who has been ISH ATZATO (His Counselor)?#11:34 Isa 40:13
35Or who has given in advance to Him so that His presents come only as a (choiv) debt repaid?#11:35 Job 41:11 [41:3]; Ro 4:4
36Because from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. Lo HaKavod l'Olamim. Omein. (To Him be glory forever. Amen.)
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Romans 11
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Israel’s Rejection Not Total
1I say then, #Ps. 94:14; Jer. 46:28has God cast away His people? #1 Sam. 12:22; Jer. 31:37Certainly not! For #2 Cor. 11:22; Phil. 3:5I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2God has not cast away His people whom #(Rom. 8:29)He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying, 3#1 Kin. 19:10, 14“Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life”? 4But what does the divine response say to him? #1 Kin. 19:18“I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” 5#2 Kin. 19:4; Rom. 9:27Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6And #Rom. 4:4if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
7What then? #Rom. 9:31Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were #Mark 6:52; Rom. 9:18; 11:25; 2 Cor. 3:14blinded. 8Just as it is written:
#Is. 29:10, 13“God has given them a spirit of stupor,
#Deut. 29:3, 4; Is. 6:9; Matt. 13:13, 14; John 12:40; Acts 28:26, 27Eyes that they should not see
And ears that they should not hear,
To this very day.”
9And David says:
#Ps. 69:22, 23“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
A stumbling block and a recompense to them.
10Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see,
And bow down their back always.”
Israel’s Rejection Not Final
11I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But #Is. 42:6, 7; Acts 28:28through their fall, to provoke them to #Deut. 32:21; Acts 13:46; Rom. 10:19jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles. 12Now if their fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!
13For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as #Acts 9:15; 22:21; Gal. 1:16; 2:7–9; Eph. 3:8I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 14if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and #1 Cor. 9:22; 1 Tim. 4:16; James 5:20save some of them. 15For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be #(Is. 26:16–19)but life from the dead?
16For if #Lev. 23:10; (James 1:18)the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17And if #Jer. 11:16; (John 15:2)some of the branches were broken off, #Acts 2:39; (Eph. 2:12)and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree, 18#(1 Cor. 10:12)do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
19You will say then, “Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.” 20Well said. Because of #Heb. 3:19unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. 21For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either. 22Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, #1 Cor. 15:2; Heb. 3:6, 14if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise #(John 15:2)you also will be cut off. 23And they also, #(2 Cor. 3:16)if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. 24For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
25For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be #Rom. 12:16wise in your own opinion, that #2 Cor. 3:14blindness in part has happened to Israel #Luke 21:24; John 10:16; Rom. 11:12until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:
#Ps. 14:7; Is. 59:20, 21“The Deliverer will come out of Zion,
And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
27For #Is. 27:9; Heb. 8:12this is My covenant with them,
When I take away their sins.”
28Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are #Deut. 7:8; 10:15; Rom. 9:5beloved for the sake of the fathers. 29For the gifts and the calling of God are #Num. 23:19irrevocable. 30For as you #(Eph. 2:2)were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience, 31even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown you they also may obtain mercy. 32For God has committed them #Rom. 3:9; (Gal. 3:22)all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all.
33Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
34“For who has known the #Is. 40:13; Jer. 23:18; 1 Cor. 2:16mind of the Lord?
Or #Job 36:22who has become His counselor?”
35“Or#Job 41:11 who has first given to Him
And it shall be repaid to him?”
36For #(1 Cor. 8:6; 11:12); Col. 1:16; Heb. 2:10of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, #Heb. 13:21to whom be glory forever. Amen.
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