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Romans 9:27

“And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the sea, the remnant will be saved;”

Romans 9:27 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Isaiah 10:22-23

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Where the Hebrew says “a remnant will return,” Romans says “the remnant will be saved.”

Formula: Ἠσαΐας δὲ κράζει ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ “and Isaiah cries out concerning Israel” (Romans 9:27)

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Greek of the New Testament: Ἠσαΐας δὲ κράζει ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ Ἐὰν ᾖ ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ὡς ἡ ἄμμος τῆς θαλάσσης τὸ ὑπόλειμμα σωθήσεται λόγον γὰρ συντελῶν καὶ συντέμνων ποιήσει κύριος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς

Hebrew (Masoretic text): כִּי אִם יִהְיֶה עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל כְּחוֹל הַיָּם שְׁאָר יָשׁוּב בּוֹ כִּלָּיוֹן חָרוּץ שׁוֹטֵף צְדָקָה כִּי כָלָה וְנֶחֱרָצָה אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה צְבָאוֹת עֹשֶׂה בְּקֶרֶב כָּל הָאָרֶץ

Septuagint (Isaiah 10:22-24 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ ἐὰν γένηται ὁ λαός Ἰσραὴλ ὡς ἡ ἄμμος τῆς θαλάσσης, τὸ κατάλειμμα σωθήσεται· λόγον γὰρ συντελῶν καὶ συντέμνων ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, ὅτι λόγον συντετμημένον ποιήσει ὁ θεός ἐν τῇ οἰκουμένῃ ὅλῃ. Διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει Κύριος ὁ θεὸς σαβαώθ Μὴ φοβοῦ, ὁ λαός μου, οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν Σιών, ἀπὸ Ἀσσυρίων, ὅτι ἐν ῥάβδῳ πατάξει σε· πληγὴν γὰρ ἐπάγω ἐπὶ σέ, τοῦ ἰδεῖν ὁδὸν Αἰγύπτου.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 7 consecutive words: “Ἰσραὴλ ὡς ἡ ἄμμος τῆς θαλάσσης τὸ.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Romans 9:27, word by word

IsaiahἨσαΐαςĒsaias

Isaiah

Isaiah, the prophet of Judah whose book announces the Messiah and God's salvation.

Where else “Ēsaias” appears
cries outκράζειkrazei

cry out

Shout, cry out.

Where else “krazei” appears
IsraelἸσραήλIsraēl

Israel

Israel: the name God gave to Jacob, and the people descended from him.

Where else “Israēl” appears
the numberἀριθμὸςarithmos

number

Number.

Where else “arithmos” appears
of the sonsυἱῶνhuiōn

descendant

A descendant: "son of David".

Where else “huiōn” appears
beᾖēi

be

To be: says who or what something is.

Where else “ēi” appears
the sandἄμμοςammos

sand

Sand.

Where else “ammos” appears
of the seaθαλάσσηςthalassēs

sea

Sea; also a large lake, such as the Sea of Galilee.

Where else “thalassēs” appears
the remnantὑπόλειμμαhypoleimma

remnant

Remnant: what is left, a few who are saved.

Where else “hypoleimma” appears
will be savedσωθήσεταιsōthēsetai

save

To rescue from sin and ruin.

Where else “sōthēsetai” appears

Translation note

Isaiah 10:22-23, according to the Greek.

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Quotation · Isaiah 10:22-23

Where the Hebrew says “a remnant will return,” Romans says “the remnant will be saved.”

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Romans 9:27

27And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the sea, the remnant will be saved;

Isaiah 10:22-23

22For even if your people, Israel, were like the sand of the sea, a remnant of it will return; destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness.

The context

26And it will be that in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be called sons of the living God.

27 · This verse (above)

28for the Lord will carry out his word on the earth, completing it and cutting it short.

Read all of Romans 9

To study Romans 9 in a group

  1. 1. What it says

    What does Paul feel for his people, the Israelites, and what does he say about them? (vv. 1-5)

  2. 2. What it means

    What does Paul's sorrow show us about how he saw his people? (vv. 1-3)

  3. 3. How I live it

    Paul grieved for people he loved. How can you accompany with care and respect someone you love who sees faith differently?

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