Romans 11
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1But then I ask, “Has God rejected his people?” Of course not! I'm an Israelite myself, from the tribe of Benjamin. 2God has not rejected his chosen people. Don't you recall what Scripture says about Elijah? How he complained about Israel to God, saying, 3“Lord, they've killed your prophets and destroyed your altars. I'm the only one left, and they're trying to kill me too!”
4How did God answer him? “I still have seven thousand left who have not worshiped Baal.”#11:4. Quoting 1 Kings 19:10-18. 5Today it's just the same: there are still some faithful people left, chosen by God's grace. 6And since it's through grace, then clearly it's not based on what people do, otherwise grace wouldn't be grace!
7So what do we conclude? That the people of Israel didn't achieve what they were striving for—only the chosen, while the rest became hard-hearted. 8As Scripture says, “God dulled their minds so their eyes could not see and their ears could not hear, to this very day.”#11:8. Referencing either Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 6:9-10; Isaiah 29:10. 9David adds, “May their feasts become a trap for them, a net that catches them, a temptation that brings punishment. 10May their eyes become blind so they cannot see, and may their backs always be bent low in dejection.”#11:10. Quoting Psalms 69:22-23.
11So am I saying that they stumbled and consequently failed completely? Not at all! But as a result of their mistakes, salvation came to other nations, to “make them jealous.” 12Now if even their failure benefits the world, and their loss profits the foreigners, how much more beneficial it would be if they were to completely fulfill what they were meant to be.#11:12. Implied.
13Now let me speak to you foreigners. Insofar as I'm a missionary to foreigners, I promote what I'm doing 14that somehow I might make my people jealous and save some of them. 15If the result of God's rejection of them is that the world becomes God's friends, the result of God's acceptance of them would be like the dead coming back to life! 16If the first part of the bread dough given as an offering is holy, then so is all the rest; if the roots of a tree are holy, then so are the branches. 17Now if some of the branches have been broken off, and you—a wild olive shoot—have been grafted in, and have shared with them the benefit of nourishment from the olive tree's roots, 18then you shouldn't look down on the other branches. If you're tempted to boast, remember it's not you who are supporting the roots, but the roots that are supporting you. 19You could make the claim, “Branches were broken off so I could be grafted in.” 20All well and good—but they were broken off because of their failure to trust in God, and you stay there because you trust in God. So don't think highly of yourselves, but be respectful, 21because if God didn't spare the original branches, he won't spare you either. 22You should recognize both God's kindness and toughness—he was tough on the fallen, but God is kind to you so long as you trust in his kindness—otherwise you'll be removed too. 23If they no longer refuse to trust in God, they can be grafted in as well, for God is able to graft them back in again. 24If you could be cut from a wild olive tree, and then be grafted artificially onto a cultivated olive tree, how much more easily they could be grafted back naturally to their own tree.
25I don't want you, my brothers and sisters to miss this previously-hidden truth, for otherwise you could become conceited. The people of Israel have become hard-hearted in part, until the process of the foreigners coming in is complete. 26This is how all Israel will be saved.#11:26. This is not teaching universal salvation, but that at this point the whole of Israel (that is made up of both foreigners and Jews who accept salvation through God's grace) will then be saved. As Scripture says, “The Savior will come from Zion, and he will turn Jacob away from his opposition to God. 27My promise to them is that I'll take away their sins.”#11:27. Combining Isaiah 59:20-21; Isaiah 27:9.
28Though they are enemies of the good news—and this is to your benefit—they are still the chosen people, and loved because of their forefathers. 29God's gifts and his calling can't be withdrawn. 30At one time you disobeyed God, but now God has shown you mercy as a result of their disobedience. 31In just the same way that they're now disobedient as you were, they will also be shown mercy like you received. 32For God treated everyone as prisoners because of their disobedience so that he could be merciful to everyone.
33Oh how deep are God's riches, wisdom, and knowledge! How incredible his decisions, how unimaginable his methods! 34Who can know God's thoughts? Who can give him advice?#11:34. Quoting Isaiah 40:13. 35Who has ever given anything to God that God would be obliged to repay?#11:35. Quoting Job 41:11. 36Everything comes from him, everything exists through him, and everything is for him. Glory to him forever, Amen!
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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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