Romiyim (Romans) 9
9
1I speak the truth in Messiah, I do not lie, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Set-apart Spirit,
2that I have great sadness and continual grief in my heart.
3For I myself could have wished to be banished from Messiah for the sake of my brothers, my relatives according to the flesh,
4who are the children of Yisra’ĕl, to whom is the adoption, and the esteem, and the covenants, and the giving of the Torah, and the worship, and the promises,
5whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Messiah according to the flesh, who is over all, Elohim-blessed forever. Amĕn.
6However, it is not as though the word of Elohim has failed. For they are not all Yisra’ĕl who are of Yisra’ĕl,#A play on words. See Explanatory Notes "Overcome",
7neither are they all children because they are the seed of Aḇraham, but, “In Yitsḥaq your seed shall be called.”# Gen. 21:12
8That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of Elohim, but the children of the promise are reckoned as the seed.
9For this is the word of promise, “At this time I shall come and Sarah shall have a son.”# Gen. 18:10
10And not only so, but Riḇqah having conceived by one, our father Yitsḥaq.
11Yet, before they were born or had done any good or evil – in order that the purpose of Elohim, according to choice, might stand, not of works but of Him who calls –
12it was said to her, “The greater shall serve the lesser,”# Gen. 25:23
13as it has been written, “Ya‛aqoḇ I have loved, but Ěsaw I have hated.”# Mal. 1:2, 3
14What, then, shall we say? Is there unrighteousness with Elohim? Let it not be!
15For He says to Mosheh, “I shall favour whomever I favour, and I shall have compassion on whomever I have compassion.”# Exo. 33:19
16So, then, it is not of him who is wishing, nor of him who is running, but of Elohim who shows favour.
17For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this same purpose I have raised you up, to show My power in you, and that My Name be declared in all the earth.”# Exo. 9:16
18So, then, He favours whom He wishes, and He hardens whom He wishes.
19Then you shall say to me, “Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His counsel?”
20But who are you, O man, to talk back to Elohim? Shall that which is formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”# Isa. 29:16; Isa. 45:9
21Does not the potter have authority over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for value and another not for value?
22And if Elohim, desiring to show wrath, and to make His power known, with much patience tolerated the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
23and that He might make known the riches of His esteem on vessels of compassion, which He had prepared beforehand for esteem,
24even whom He called, not only us of the Yehuḏim, but also of the nations?
25As He says in Hoshĕa too, “I shall call them My people, who were not My people, and her beloved, who was not beloved.”# Hosea 2:23
26“And it shall be in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ there they shall be called sons of the living Elohim.”# Hosea 1:10
27And Yeshayahu cries out on behalf of Yisra’ĕl, “Though the number of the children of Yisra’ĕl be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved.# Isa. 10:22; Gen. 22:17; Hosea 1:10
28For He is bringing a matter to an end, and is cutting it short in righteousness, because יהוה shall cut short a matter on the earth.”# Isa. 10:23
29And as Yeshayahu said before, “If יהוה of hosts had not left us a seed, we would have become like Seḏom, and we would have been made like Amorah.”# Isa. 1:9; Deu. 29:2#See Jer. 49:18; Jer. 50:40; Amos 4:11
30What shall we say then? That nations not following after righteousness, have obtained righteousness, even the righteousness of belief,
31but Yisra’ĕl following after the Torah of righteousness, has not arrived at the Torah of righteousness.
32Why? Because it was not of belief, but as by works of Torah. For they stumbled at the Stone of stumbling.# Isa. 8:14
33As it has been written, “See, I lay in Tsiyon a Stone of stumbling and a Rock that makes for falling, and everyone who is believing on Him shall not be put to shame.”# Isa. 8:14; Isa. 28:16
Currently Selected:
Romiyim (Romans) 9: TS2009
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
Copyright© 1993 – 2015 by the Institute for Scripture Research (ISR). All rights reserved.
Romans 9
9
1 I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit 2that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart. 3For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh 4who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises; 5of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.
6 But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel that are of Israel. 7Neither, because they are Abraham’s offspring, are they all children. But, “your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac.”#Genesis 21:12 8That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as heirs. 9For this is a word of promise: “At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”#Genesis 18:10,14 10Not only so, but Rebekah also conceived by one, by our father Isaac. 11For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,#9:11 NU puts the phrase “not of works, but of him who calls” at the beginning of verse 12 instead of the end of verse 11. 12it was said to her, “The elder will serve the younger.”#Genesis 25:23 13Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”#Malachi 1:2-3
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be! 15For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”#Exodus 33:19 16So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy. 17For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”#Exodus 9:16 18So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
19 You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?” 20But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”#Isaiah 29:16; 45:9 21Or hasn’t the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honour, and another for dishonour? 22What if God, willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory— 24us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles? 25As he says also in Hosea,
“I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people;
and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.”#Hosea 2:23
26“It will be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’
there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’”#Hosea 1:10
27 Isaiah cries concerning Israel,
“If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea,
it is the remnant who will be saved;
28 for he will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness,
because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”#Isaiah 10:22-23
29 As Isaiah has said before,
“Unless the Lord of Armies#9:29 Greek: Sabaoth (or Hebrew: Tze’va’ot) had left us a seed,
we would have become like Sodom,
and would have been made like Gomorrah.”#Isaiah 1:9
30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith; 31but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness. 32Why? Because they didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone, 33even as it is written,
“Behold,#9:33 “Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offence;
and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”#Isaiah 8:14; 28:16
Currently Selected:
:
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
PUBLIC DOMAIN. "World English Bible" is trademark of eBible.org.