Add parallel Print Page Options

28 for the Lord will execute his sentence on the earth quickly and decisively.”[a] 29 And as Isaiah predicted,

“If the Lord of hosts had not left descendants to us,
    we would have fared like Sodom
    and been made like Gomorrah.”(A)

Israel’s Unbelief

30 What then are we to say? Gentiles, who did not strive for righteousness, have attained it, that is, righteousness through faith,(B)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 9.28 Other ancient authorities read for he will finish his work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make the sentence shortened on the earth

28 For the Lord will carry out
    his sentence on earth with speed and finality.”[a](A)

29 It is just as Isaiah said previously:

“Unless the Lord Almighty(B)
    had left us descendants,
we would have become like Sodom,
    we would have been like Gomorrah.”[b](C)

Israel’s Unbelief

30 What then shall we say?(D) That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;(E)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:28 Isaiah 10:22,23 (see Septuagint)
  2. Romans 9:29 Isaiah 1:9