Romans 9:29

Romans 9:29

27 Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel:
^a“Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea,
^bThe remnant will be saved.

28 For¹ He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness,
^aBecause the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”

29 And as Isaiah said before:
^a“Unless the Lord of¹ Sabaoth had left us a seed,
^bWe would have become like Sodom,
And we would have been made like Gomorrah.”

Present Condition of Israel

30 What shall we say then? ^aThat Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, ^beven the righteousness of faith;

31 but Israel, ^apursuing the law of righteousness, ^bhas not attained to the law of righteousness.

32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were,¹ by the works of the law. For ^athey stumbled at that stumbling stone.

33 As it is written:
^a“Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense,
And ^bwhoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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And as Esaias said—"hath said"

before—that is, probably in an earlier part of his book, namely, Isaiah 1:9.

Except the Lord of Sabaoth—that is, "The Lord of Hosts": the word is Hebrew, but occurs so in the Epistle of James (James 5:4), and has thence become naturalized in our Christian phraseology.

had left us a seed—meaning a "remnant"; small at first, but in due time to be a seed of plenty (compare Psalms 22:30-31; Isaiah 6:12-13).

we had been—"become"

as Sodom, etc.—But for this precious seed, the chosen people would have resembled the cities of the plain, both in degeneracy of character and in merited doom.

Romans 9:27-29

Esaias also crieth—"But Isaiah crieth"—an expression denoting a solemn testimony openly borne (John 1:15; John 7:28, John 7:37; John 12:44; Acts 23:6; Acts 24:21).

concerning Israel, Though the number of the children—"sons"

of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a—"the"

remnant—that is, the elect remnant only shall be saved.

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