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Romans 9:29 KJV
Romans · chapter 9 · verse 29
And 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.Romans 9:29 · King James Version
Romans 9:29 in context
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.
31But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
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Key words (Strong's)
- Sabaothsabaōth" Lord of Sabaoth" , Lord of the armies of Israel, as those who are under the…G4519 →
- EsaiasēsaiasIsaiah = " Jehovah s help" , a famous Hebrew prophet who prophesied in the reigns…G2268 →
- beforeproereōto say before, to say in what precedes, to say above, to say beforeG4280 →
- Exceptei mēif not, except, butG1508 →
- SodomasodomaSodom = " burning" , a city destroyed by the Lord raining fire and brimstone on…G4670 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
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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