Romans 9:29 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha. ”

Romans 9:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And as Esaias said - Isaiah 1:9 . Before - The apostle had just cited one prediction from the tenth chapter of Isaiah. He now says that Isaiah had affirmed the same thing in a previous part...
Romans 9:29 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of (c) Sabaoth had left us a (d) seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha. (c) Armies, by which word the greatest power that exists is...
Romans 9:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Divine Sovereignty in Judgment. Romans 9:19 f. The hard saying just enunciated provokes the question, Why does He blame, if the hardening is His doing and none may resist His will? Paul forg...
Romans 9:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Except . If (App-118. a) not (App-105.) Sabaoth . Hosts. Only here and James 5:4 . First occurance: 1 Samuel 1:11 . Quoted from Isaiah 1:9 . App-107. left . Greek. enkataleipo. See Acts 2:...
Romans 9:29 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

29. And as Isaiah had before said, etc. (314) He brings another testimony from the first chapter, where the Prophet deplores the devastation of Israel in his time: and as this had happened...
Romans 9:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha. And as Esaias said before - What God designs to do with the Jews at...
Romans 9:29 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Except the Lord of Sabaoth, &c.— Lord of Hosts, &c. Instead of a seed, the words in Isaiah are, a very small remnant.
Romans 9:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha. And as Esaias said ('hath said') before - meaning probably i...
Romans 9:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Rejection of Israel no Disparagement or Disproof of the Gospel The Apostle sorrows over the exclusion of Israel ( Romans 9:1-5 ), but their exclusion does not involve any breach of God's promi...
Romans 9:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(22-29) These verses supply the concluding section of the vindication. All this scheme of God’s dealings, apparently so severe, is really most merciful. To those who really deserved His wrath, He sho...
Romans 9:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 20 THE SORROWFUL PROBLEM: JEWISH UNBELIEF; DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY Romans 9:1-33 WE may well think that again there was silence awhile in that Corinthian chamber, when Tertius had duly insc...
Romans 9:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Stumbling over the Cornerstone Romans 9:25-33 There has been a notable transference of privilege from the Jew to the Gentile believer. This is not due to fickleness on God's part, but to a fata...
Romans 9:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The connection between this very remarkable passage and the preceding climax is close. The great certainty of "no separation" is the experience of one in close communion with the Lord experimentally....
Romans 9:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? (20) Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it,...
Romans 9:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And as Esaias said before ,.... In the beginning of his prophecy, in Isaiah 1:9 . Except the Lord of sabaoth had left us a seed ; the title and character the great God goes by here, is "Lord of s...
Romans 9:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha. Ver. 29. Except the Lord of Sabaoth ] That is, of hosts. God is...
Romans 9:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esaias also And, as the calling of the Gentiles, so the rejection of the Jews also is foretold by the prophets, particularly by Isaiah who crieth Κραζει, calleth aloud Speaks with great earnest...
Romans 9:29 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

What of God's Promises to Israel? Now, such being the case - that God had purposed in eternal counsel the blessing of Gentiles on an equal basis with Jews, as it is this day - what is to become of...
Romans 9:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Conversion of the Gentiles. A. D. 58. 25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my peopl...
Romans 9:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As Esaias said before; in Isaiah 1:9 . The Lord of sabaoth; or, of hosts: the mighty God, whose hosts all creatures are, which execute his will, as soldiers the will of their commander. Had l...
Romans 9:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Messsiah Has Come And Is For All. God Has Not Failed In His Promises To The True Israel. Salvation For All is Through Faith In The Messiah (9:1-11:36) Paul now expands on Chapter s 1-8, in whi...
Romans 9:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Romans 9:25 .—Refers not only to the gathering again of the Israelites rejected in the carrying away by Shalmaneser, but also of the Gentiles rejected at the building of Babel; rem...
Romans 9:29 - Scofield Reference Notes

Lord of LORD of hosts. ( Isaiah 1:9 ).
Romans 9:29 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Paul begins by expressing his great sorrow because the Jews had rejected Christ. Romans 9:1-3 . I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, That...
Romans 9:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 9:1 . I say the truth in Christ, I lie not. These forms of speech are equivalent to a solemn oath, and emanate from a heart deeply imbued with the sentiments of the Saviour, who often wept...
Romans 9:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

As He saith also in Osee, I will call them My people, which were not My people. The calling of the Gentiles I. Their former condition. 1. Not My people. 2. Not beloved. II. Their graci...
Romans 9:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Romans 11:1-45 2. The present position and prospects of the Jewish nation con-sidereal. Romans 9:1-45 (1) Deep regret expressed for the present exclusion of the Jewish n...
Romans 9:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's power exerted in the interest of men:
Romans 9:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 2:6 ; Amos 4:11 ; Genesis 19:24 ; Genesis 19:25 ; Isaiah 1:9 ; Isaiah 13:19 ; Isaiah 6:13 ; James 5:4 ; Jeremiah 49:18 ; Jeremiah 50:40 ; Jude 1:7 ; Lamentations 3:22 ; Lamentati...
Romans 9:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

As Isaiah had said before — Namely, Isaiah 1:9 , concerning those who were besieged in Jerusalem by Rezin and Pekah. Unless the Lord had left us a seed — Which denotes, The present paucity: The fu...

Romans 9:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Romans 9:29 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Romans 9:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 9:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Romans 9:29 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 9:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Romans 9:29 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Romans 9:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Romans 9:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 9:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Romans 9:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Romans 9:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Romans 9:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Romans 9:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Romans 9:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Romans 9:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Romans 9:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 9:29 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 9:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Romans 9:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Romans 9:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 9:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Romans 9:29 - Scofield Reference Notes

Romans 9:29 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Romans 9:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 9:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

Romans 9:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Romans 9:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Romans 9:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 9:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes