Romans 9:28
26 and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”
29 It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”
30 What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”
- KJV
- For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
- WEB
- for he will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”
- ASV
- for the Lord will execute [his] word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.
- DARBY
- for [he] is bringing the matter to an end, and [cutting [it] short in righteousness; because] a cutting short of the matter will [the] Lord accomplish upon the earth.
- BLB
- For the Lord will execute [His] word, finishing and accomplishing swiftly upon the earth.”
- ÅB
- for Herren skal fullbyrde sitt ord fort og fullkomment på jorden.»
- OTB
- For Herren vil utføre sitt ord på jorden,
grundig og raskt.» - B1930
- for sitt ord skal Herren utføre og hastig fullbyrde på jorden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 10:23
For the Lord GOD of Hosts will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land.
Read in contextActs 17:31
For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
Read in contextPsalms 9:8
He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
Read in contextRevelation 19:11
Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.
Read in contextIsaiah 30:12–14
Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,
Read in contextIsaiah 5:16
But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
Read in contextDaniel 9:26–27
Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
Read in contextIsaiah 28:22
So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.
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