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Romans 9:28 KJV
Romans · chapter 9 · verse 28
For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.Romans 9:28 · King James Version
Romans 9:28 in context
26And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
27Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
28For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
29And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
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Key words (Strong's)
- righteousnessdikaiosynēin a broad sense state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition…G1343 →
- finishsynteleōto end together or at the same time, to end completely, bring to an end, finish…G4931 →
- shortsyntemnōto cut in pieces, to cut short, metaph., to dispatch briefly, execute or finish quickly…G4932 →
- worklogosof speech, a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea, what someone…G3056 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
- makepoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →
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Having explained the promise, and proved the divine sovereignty, the apostle here shows how the rejection of the Jews, and the taking in of the Gentiles, were foretold in the Old Testament, and therefore must needs be very well consistent with the promise made to the fathers under the Old Testament.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 25-29