Romans 9:27-28 NLT,NIV,ESV

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:25-29

( c ) The inheritance of the promises by the Gentiles, with a remnant only of the Jews, shown to be in accordance with prophecy. This is really a new section of the argument, though the writer, in a way usual with him, does not mark it as such, Romans 9:25 being in logical connection with the preceding one, suggested by the concluding expression, "Not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles." So far nothing has been adduced to support the idea of Gentiles, to whom no original... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:27-28

Esaias also crieth ( κράζει , denoting loud and earnest utterance; cf. John 1:15 ; John 7:28 , John 7:37 ; John 12:44 ; Acts 23:1-35 . 6; Acts 24:21 ) concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remnant (not, as in the Authorized Version, "a remnant." The idea seems to be, as it is in the original, that it is the remnant only that ) shall be saved: for he will finish a word (not the work, as in the Authorized Version) and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:27-28

Esaias - The Greek way of writing the word “Isaiah.”Crieth - Isaiah 10:22-23. Exclaims, or speaks aloud or openly: compare John 1:15. Isaiah brings forth the doctrine fully, and without any concealment or disguise. This doctrine related to the rejection of the Jews; a far more difficult point to establish than was that of the calling of the Gentiles. It was needful, therefore, to fortify it by some explicit passage of the Scriptures.Concerning Israel - Concerning “the Jews.” It is probable that... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 9:27-29

Romans 9:27-29. Esaias also And, as the calling of the Gentiles, so the rejection of the Jews also is foretold by the prophets, particularly by Isaiah who crieth Κραζει , calleth aloud Speaks with great earnestness, as to a people unwilling to hear; concerning Israel That is, both the ten tribes about to be carried captive into Assyria, which was almost a total rejection, and Judah and Benjamin, which were to be wasted by the Assyrian invasion under Sennacherib, and afterward to be... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 9:6-29

God chooses according to his will (9:6-29)Paul’s first assertion is that the promise of God has not failed. He reminds his readers of what he said earlier, namely, that people who are Israelites physically are not necessarily Israelites spiritually. In other words, not all who are physically descended from Jacob (Israel) are the true people of God in the spiritual sense (6; cf. 2:28-29; 4:11-12).To illustrate that not all descendants of a chosen person are truly God’s people, Paul refers to the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 9:27

concerning = over. App-104 . Though . App-118 . a = the. remnant . Greek. kataleimma. Only here. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 9:28

finish = close. Greek. sunteleo. See Acts 21:27 . work = account. Greek. logos. App-121 . cut . . . short . Greek. suntemno. Only here and next clause. righteousness . App-191 . the Lord . App-98 . upon . App-104 . Quoted almost verbatim from the Septuagint of Isaiah 10:22 , Isaiah 10:23 . App-107 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 9:27

And Isaiah crieth concerning Israel, If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that shall be saved; for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short. And, as Isaiah hath said before,Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We had become as Sodom, and had been made like unto Gomorrah.The first two verses of this passage are from Isaiah 10:22,23, which in the KJV reads thus:For though thy people Israel be as the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 9:27-28

Romans 9:27-28. A remnant shall be saved— That is, Only a remnant. So ch. Romans 14:2. Eats only herbs, John 18:8. If ye seek me, (that is, only me,) let these go their way. Mr. Locke would translate the next verse, For the Lord, finishing and contracting the account, in righteousness, shall make a short or small remainder in the earth.—A metaphor taken from an account, wherein the matter is so ordered, that the overplus or remainder, standing still upon the account, is very little. Compare Isa... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:27

27-29. Esaias also crieth—"But Isaiah crieth"—an expression denoting a solemn testimony openly borne (John 1:15; John 7:28; John 7:37; John 12:44; Acts 23:6; Acts 24:21). concerning Israel, Though the number of the children—"sons" of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a—"the" remnant—that is, the elect remnant only shall be saved. read more