Romans 9:28

for the Lord will carry out his sentence on the earth, 1 completely and without delay.” 1

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In The King James Version

For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

In Context

27Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, 1 “Though the number of the children of Israel were as the sand of the sea, 1 it will be a remnant that will be saved, 1

29As Isaiah had said previously, 1 “If the Lord of hosts had not left us descendants, 1 we would be like Sodom, 1 and we would have become like Gomorrah.”

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Cross References

Psalms 9:8He will judge the world with righteousness, 1 and he will execute judgment for the nations with fairness. 1

Isaiah 5:16Yahweh of hosts will be exalted in his justice, and God the Holy One will show himself holy by his righteousness. 1

Isaiah 28:22Now therefore do not mock, or your bonds will be tightened. 1 I have heard from the Lord Yahweh of hosts, a decree of destruction on the earth. 1

Daniel 9:26After the sixty-two sevens, the anointed one will be destroyed and will have nothing. The army of a coming ruler will destroy the city and the holy place. Its end will come with a flood, and there will be war even to the end. Desolations have been decreed.

Acts 17:31This is because he has set a day when he will judge the world in righteousness by the man he has chosen. God has given proof of this man to everyone by raising him from the dead.”

Matthew Henry on Romans 9:26-30

Conversion of the Gentiles. ( a. d. 58.) 25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. 26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God. 27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: 28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in… Read the whole commentary →

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