Romans 9:2
that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
In Context
1I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:35Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel.
Isaiah 66:10"Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her;
Jeremiah 13:17But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride; and my eye shall weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because the Lord's flock is taken captive."
Lamentations 3:48Streams of tears run down from my eyes because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.AYIN
Ezekiel 9:4The Lord said to him, "Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in its midst."
Romans 10:1Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God is for them, that they may be saved.
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 →