Romans 9:25-33

English Standard Version Chapter 9

25 As indeed he says in Hosea,

k“Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’

and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’ ”

26  l“And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’

there they will be called m‘sons of the living God.’ ”

As indeed he says in Hosea:

Those who were not my people

I will call my people,

Her who was not beloved

I will call beloved

In the very place where it was said to them,

You are not my people

There they will be called sons of the living God

English Standard Version (Chapter 9)

27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: n“Though the number of the sons of Israel3 be as the sand of the sea, oonly a remnant of them will be saved, 28 for the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay.”

And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:

Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea

Only a remnant of them will be saved

For the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay.”

English Standard Version (Chapter 9)

29 And as Isaiah predicted,pq“If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring,rwe would have been like Sodomand become like Gomorrah.”

And as Isaiah predicted

If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring

we would have been like Sodom and become like Gomorrah

English Standard Version (Chapter 9)

30 What shall we say, then? sThat Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, ta righteousness that is by faith; 31 but that Israel uwho pursued a law that would lead to righteousness4 vdid not succeed in reaching that law. 32 Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the wstumbling stone

What shall we say, then

That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it

That is, a righteousness that is by faith

That Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness

Did not succeed in reaching that law

Why?

Because they did not pursue it by faith

But as if it were based on works

They have stumbled over the stumbling stone

English Standard Version (Chapter 9)

33 as it is written,x“Behold, I am laying in Zion ya stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;zand whoever believes in him will not be aput to shame

As it is written

Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling

A rock of offense

Whoever believes in him will not be put to shame