Romans 9:29-31

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²⁹It is as Isaiah said:

“If the Lord ·All-Powerful [of Hosts; of Heaven’s Armies]
had not ·allowed a few of our descendants to live [left us offspring/seed],
We would have become like Sodom
and would resemble Gomorrah [Is. 1:9; ^COT cities destroyed by God because of their wickedness; Gen. 19].”

³⁰·So what does all this mean [^LWhat, then, shall we say]? Those who are Gentiles ·were not trying to make themselves right with God [^Ldid not pursue righteousness], but they ·were made right with God [obtained righteousness] ·because of their faith [^L—that is, a righteousness that is by faith]. ³¹The people of Israel tried to ·follow [pursue] a law ·to make themselves right with God [^Lof righteousness]. But they did not ·succeed [reach/attain it],

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Romans 9:29-31

New International Version

²⁹It is just as Isaiah said previously:

“Unless the Lord Almighty^(A)
had left us descendants,
we would have become like Sodom,
we would have been like Gomorrah.”^[a]^(B)

Israel’s Unbelief

³⁰What then shall we say?^(C) That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;^(D) ³¹but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness,^(E) have not attained their goal.^(F)