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10 It says also in the Bible:

‘Be very happy, you Gentiles!
Praise God together with his people.’[a]

11 It also says this:

‘Say how great the Lord is, all you Gentiles.
All people, from every country, should say how great he is.’[b]

12 God's prophet Isaiah says this:

‘The root of Jesse will arrive.
He will come to rule the Gentiles.
The Gentiles will trust him to save them.’[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 15:10 See Deuteronomy 32:43.
  2. 15:11 See Psalms 117:1.
  3. 15:12 See Isaiah 11:10. Jesse was King David's father. See 1 Samuel 16:1. Jesus was born many years after Jesse and David lived on the earth. The ‘root of Jesse’ means that Jesus belonged to Jesse and David's family. See Matthew 1:1-16. But it means also that Jesse and David come from Jesus. Jesus caused them to be alive, as a plant grows up from its root. Jesus is God. He has always been alive in God's home beyond the earth. He made everything and everyone.

10 Again, it says,

“Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”[a](A)

11 And again,

“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles;
    let all the peoples extol him.”[b](B)

12 And again, Isaiah says,

“The Root of Jesse(C) will spring up,
    one who will arise to rule over the nations;
    in him the Gentiles will hope.”[c](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 15:10 Deut. 32:43
  2. Romans 15:11 Psalm 117:1
  3. Romans 15:12 Isaiah 11:10 (see Septuagint)