Romans 11:20
Quite so: they were broken off on the mekor (basis) of no emunah, but you stand only by emunah. Do not cherish proud thoughts, but fear.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
19You will say, then, “Ana'fim were broken off in order that I might be grafted in.”
21For if G-d did not spare the natural anafim, neither will He spare you.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:20And they rose early in the boker, and went forth into the Midbar Tekoa; and as they went forth, Yehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Yehudah, and ye inhabitants of Yerushalayim. Ha'aminu Ba Hashem Eloheichem (Believe in Hashem Eloheichem), so shall ye be established; have faith in His Nevi'im, so shall ye be victorious.
Proverbs 28:14Ashrei adam that is reverent always, 1 but he that hardeneth his lev shall fall into ra'ah. 1
Isaiah 2:11The lofty looks of adam shall be humbled, 1 and the haughtiness of anashim shall be brought low, 1 and Hashem alone shall be exalted in Yom Hahu. 1
Isaiah 7:9And the rosh of Ephrayim is Shomron, 1 and the rosh of Shomron is ben Remalyahu. 1 If ye will not stand in emunah, 1 then you shall not stand at all.
Habakkuk 2:4Hinei, his nashamah which is puffed up is not upright in him; 1 but the tzaddik shall live by his emunah. + 2:4 Gn 15:6 1
Luke 18:14I say to you, this one, rather than the other one, went down to his bais having been made yitzdak im Hashem (justified with G-d). Because everyone lifting himself up will be brought low, but the one bringing himself low will be uplifted.
Matthew Henry on Romans 11:2-33
The State of the Jews; The State of the Gentiles; The Gentiles Warned; The Future Conversion of the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my… Read the whole commentary →