Romans 11

Israel’s Rejection Not Total

1I ask, then, has God rejected his people? # 11:1 1Sm 12:22; Jr 33:24–26 Absolutely not! # 11:1 Lk 20:16 For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, # 11:1 2Co 11:22; Php 3:5 from the tribe of Benjamin. 2God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. # 11:2 1Sm 12:22; Ps 94:14; Rm 8:29; 1Pt 1:2 Or don’t you know # 11:2 Rm 6:16 what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah — how he pleads with God against Israel? 3Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars. I am the only one left, and they are trying to take my life! # 11:3 1Kg 19:10,14,# 11:3 1Kg 19:10,14; 1Th 2:14 4But what was God’s answer to him? I have left seven thousand for myself who have not bowed down to Baal. # 11:4 1Kg 19:18,# 11:4 1Kg 19:18 5In the same way, then, there is also at the present time a remnant chosen by grace. # 11:5 2Kg 19:4; Rm 9:27 6Now if by grace, # 11:6 Rm 4:4 then it is not by works; otherwise grace ceases to be grace. # 11:6 Other mss add But if of works it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

7What then? Israel did not find what it was looking for, # 11:7 Rm 9:31 but the elect did find it. The rest were hardened, # 11:7 Mk 6:52; Rm 9:18; 11:25; 2Co 2:14 8as it is written,

God gave them a spirit of stupor,

eyes that cannot see

and ears that cannot hear,

to this day. # 11:8 Dt 29:4; Is 29:10,# 11:8 Dt 29:4; Is 29:10; Mt 13:13–14

9And David says,

Let their table become a snare and a trap,

a pitfall and a retribution to them.

10 Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,

and their backs be bent continually. # 11:9–10 Ps 69:22–23,# 11:9–10 Ps 69:22–23

Israel’s Rejection Not Final

11I ask, then, have they stumbled so as to fall? Absolutely not! On the contrary, by their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles # 11:11 Ac 28:28 to make Israel jealous. 12Now if their transgression brings riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fullness bring! # 11:12 Rm 11:25

13Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Insofar as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, # 11:13 Ac 9:15 I magnify my ministry, 14if I might somehow make my own people # 11:14 Lit flesh,# 11:14 Gn 29:14; 2Sm 19:12–13; Rm 9:3 jealous and save some of them. # 11:14 1Co 1:21; 7:16; 9:22; 1Tm 1:15; 2:4; 2Tm 1:9; Ti 3:5 15For if their rejection brings reconciliation # 11:15 Rm 5:11 to the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead? # 11:15 Lk 15:24,32 16Now if the firstfruits are holy, # 11:16 Nm 15:17–21; Neh 10:37; Ezk 44:30 so is the whole batch. And if the root is holy, so are the branches.

17Now if some of the branches were broken off, # 11:17 Jr 11:16; Jn 15:2 and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them # 11:17 Eph 2:12–13 and have come to share in the rich root # 11:17 Other mss read the root and the richness of the cultivated olive tree, 18do not boast that you are better than those branches. But if you do boast — you do not sustain the root, but the root sustains you. # 11:18 Jn 4:22 19Then you will say, # 11:19 Rm 9:19 “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” 20True enough; they were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. # 11:20 Rm 5:2; 1Co 10:12; 2Co 1:24 Do not be arrogant, but beware, # 11:20 Lit fear,# 11:20 Rm 12:16; 1Tm 6:17; 1Pt 1:17 21because if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either. 22Therefore, consider God’s kindness and severity: severity toward those who have fallen but God’s kindness # 11:22 Rm 2:4 toward you — if you remain in his kindness. # 11:22 1Co 15:2; Heb 3:6,14 Otherwise you too will be cut off. # 11:22 Jn 15:2 23And even they, if they do not remain in unbelief, # 11:23 2Co 3:16 will be grafted in, because God has the power to graft them in again. 24For if you were cut off from your native wild olive tree and against nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these — the natural branches — be grafted into their own olive tree?

25I don’t want you to be ignorant # 11:25 Rm 1:13 of this mystery, # 11:25 Mt 13:11; Rm 16:25; 1Co 2:7–10; Eph 3:3–5,9 brothers and sisters, so that you will not be conceited: # 11:25 Rm 12:16 A partial hardening has come upon Israel # 11:25 Rm 11:7 until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. # 11:25 Lk 21:24; Jn 10:16 26And in this way all # 11:26 Or And then all Israel will be saved, as it is written,

The Deliverer will come from Zion;

he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.

27 And this will be my covenant with them # 11:26–27 Is 59:20–21,# 11:26–27 Is 59:20–21

when I take away their sins. # 11:27 Jr 31:31–34,# 11:27 Jr 31:31–34; Heb 8:10,12

28Regarding the gospel, they are enemies for your advantage, # 11:28 Rm 5:10 but regarding election, they are loved because of the patriarchs, # 11:28 Dt 7:8; 10:15; Rm 9:5 29since God’s gracious gifts and calling # 11:29 Rm 8:28; 1Co 1:26; Eph 1:18; 4:1,4; Php 3:14; 2Th 1:11; 2Tm 1:9; Heb 3:1; 2Pt 1:10 are irrevocable. # 11:29 Or are not taken back,# 11:29 Heb 7:21 30As you once disobeyed God but now have received mercy through their disobedience, 31so they too have now disobeyed, resulting in mercy to you, so that they also may now # 11:31 Other mss omit now receive mercy. 32For God has imprisoned all in disobedience # 11:32 Rm 3:9; Gl 3:22–23 so that he may have mercy on all.

A Hymn of Praise

33Oh, the depth of the riches # 11:33 Rm 2:4; Eph 3:8

and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! # 11:33 Col 2:3; Eph 3:10

How unsearchable his judgments # 11:33 Jb 5:9; 11:7; 15:8

and untraceable his ways!

34 For who has known the mind of the Lord? # 11:34 Is 40:13–14; 1Co 2:16

Or who has been his counselor?

35 And who has ever given to God,

that he should be repaid? # 11:34–35 Jb 41:11; Is 40:13; Jr 23:18,# 11:34–35 Jb 35:7; 41:11; Is 40:13; Jr 23:18

36For from him and through him

and to him are all things. # 11:36 1Co 8:6; 11:12; Col 1:16; Heb 2:10

To him be the glory forever. Amen.

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Romans 11

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. 2Hashem 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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