Romans 9:2
That there is great agmat nefesh to me and unceasing anguish in my heart.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:35Until his + 15:35 Sha'ulʼs yom mot Shmuel came not again to see him: nevertheless Shmuel mourned for Sha'ul: and Hashem relented that He had made Sha'ul Melech over Yisroel.
Isaiah 66:10Rejoice ye with Yerushalayim, 1 and be glad with her, all ye that love her; 1 rejoice for joy with her, 1 all ye that mourn for her; 1
Jeremiah 13:17But if ye will not listen, 1 my nefesh shall weep in secret places 1 for your ga'avah (pride); 1 and mine eye shall weep profusely, 1 and run down with tears, 1 because the Eder Hashem (Flock of Hashem ) is carried away captive. 1
Lamentations 3:48Mine eye runneth down with streams of mayim 1 for the destruction of Bat Ami. 1
Ezekiel 9:4And Hashem said unto him, Go through the midst of the Ir, through the midst of Yerushalayim, and put a TAV upon the mitzekhot (foreheads) of the anashim that grieve and lament for kol hato'evot that are being done in the midst thereof.
Romans 10:1Achim b'Moshiach, the great tshuka (desire, longing) of my lev and my tefillah to Hashem is for the Yeshu'at Yisroel (salvation of Israel).
Matthew Henry on Romans 9:2-6
Paul's Anxiety for the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, 2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; 5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as… Read the whole commentary →