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theirs the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, is the Messiah. God who is over all[a] be blessed forever. Amen.(A)

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  1. 9:5 Some editors punctuate this verse differently and prefer the translation, “Of whom is Christ according to the flesh, who is God over all.” However, Paul’s point is that God who is over all aimed to use Israel, which had been entrusted with every privilege, in outreach to the entire world through the Messiah.

Theirs are the patriarchs,(A) and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah,(B) who is God over all,(C) forever praised![a](D) Amen.

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  1. Romans 9:5 Or Messiah, who is over all. God be forever praised! Or Messiah. God who is over all be forever praised!

25 This is your lot, the portion I have measured out to you—
    oracle of the Lord.
Because you have forgotten me,
    and trusted in deception,[a](A)
26 I now will strip away your skirts,
    so that your shame is visible.(B)
27 Your adulteries, your neighings,
    your shameless prostitutions:
On the hills, in the fields
    I see your detestable crimes.
Woe to you, Jerusalem! How long will it be
    before you are clean?(C)

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  1. 13:25 Heb. sheqer: lit., “deception,” often used to designate an idol.

25 This is your lot,
    the portion(A) I have decreed for you,”
declares the Lord,
“because you have forgotten(B) me
    and trusted in false gods.(C)
26 I will pull up your skirts over your face
    that your shame may be seen(D)
27 your adulteries and lustful neighings,
    your shameless prostitution!(E)
I have seen your detestable acts
    on the hills and in the fields.(F)
Woe to you, Jerusalem!
    How long will you be unclean?”(G)

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