Romans 9:18

So then, to whom Hashem wills Hashem shows chaninah (mercy, free grace), but whom Hashem wills he hardens. + 9:18 that is, makes unresponsive or more mired down in KESHI (stubbornness, hardness); Dt 9:27

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

In Context

17For the Kitvei Hakodesh says to Pharaoh, BA'AVUR ZOT HE'EMADTICHA BA'AVUR HAROTECHA ES KOCHI ULEMA'AN SAPER SHMI BECHOL HA'ARETZ (For this purpose I raised you up, in order that I might demonstrate in you my power and in order that my Name might be proclaimed in all the earth). + 9:17 Ex 9:16

19You will say to me, Then why does Hashem still find fault? For who has resisted His will?

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Cross References

Exodus 7:13And He hardened lev Pharaoh, that he paid heed not unto them; as Hashem had said.

Deuteronomy 2:30But Sichon Melech Cheshbon would not let us pass by him; for Hashem Eloheicha hardened and made stubborn his ruach, and made his lev obstinate, that He might deliver him into thy hand, as indeed hayom hazeh.

Isaiah 63:17Hashem, why hast Thou made us to go astray from Thy drakhim, 1 and hardened libenu (our hearts) from fearing Thee? 1 Shuv (return) l'ma'an (for the sake of) Avadeicha (Thy servants), 1 Shivtei Nachalatecha (the Tribes of Thine Inheritance). 1

Acts 28:26Saying, Go to this people and say, In hearing SHIMU SHAMO'A V'AL TAVINU UR'U RA'O V'AL TEDA'U (You will hear and yet by no means understand, and seeing you will see and yet by no means perceive.)

Romans 5:20The [epoch of the] Gezetz came to increase the averah (transgression); but where Chet (Sin, Chet Kadmon) increased, unmerited Chen v'Chesed Hashem overflowed in abundance,

Romans 11:7What then? What Yisroel sought for, that is what it did not obtain; but hannivcharim (the elect, the chosen ones) obtained it. And the rest were hardened. + 11:7 Ro 9:17-18

Matthew Henry on Romans 9:15-25

The Divine Sovereignty. ( a. d. 58.) 14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. 15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. 17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the… Read the whole commentary →

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