Isaiah 6:13 境内剩下的人若还有十分之一，也必被吞灭，像栗树、橡树虽被砍伐，树墩子却仍存留。这圣洁的种类在国中也是如此。”

6:13 MSG

逐节对照

新标点和合本 - 境内剩下的人若还有十分之一，也必被吞灭，像栗树、橡树虽被砍伐，树墩子却仍存留。这圣洁的种类在国中也是如此。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 国内剩下的人若还有十分之一，也必被吞灭。然而如同大树与橡树，虽被砍伐，残干却仍存留，圣洁的苗裔是它的残干。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 国内剩下的人若还有十分之一，也必被吞灭。然而如同大树与橡树，虽被砍伐，残干却仍存留，圣洁的苗裔是它的残干。”
当代译本 - 即使境内只剩下十分之一的人，也必被消灭。然而，就像砍掉松树和橡树后必留下树桩，圣洁的苗裔就是残留的树桩。”
圣经新译本 - 境内剩下的人，虽然只有十分之一，也必被消灭。但正如栗树和橡树，虽然被砍下，树的余干还存留在那里。这圣洁的苗裔，就是这国的余干。”
中文标准译本 - 这地必被再次焚烧，其中还会有十分之一的人存留，就像黄连树和橡树被砍伐，其中还会有树桩存留；圣洁的后裔就是这树桩。”
现代标点和合本 - 境内剩下的人，若还有十分之一，也必被吞灭。像栗树、橡树，虽被砍伐，树𣎴子却仍存留，这圣洁的种类在国中也是如此。”
和合本（拼音版） - 境内剩下的人若还有十分之一，也必被吞灭，像栗树、橡树，虽被砍伐，树𣎴子却仍存留。这圣洁的种类在国中也是如此。”
New International Version - And though a tenth remains in the land, it will again be laid waste. But as the terebinth and oak leave stumps when they are cut down, so the holy seed will be the stump in the land.”
New International Reader's Version - Suppose only a tenth of the people remain there. Even then the land will be completely destroyed again. But when oak trees and terebinth trees are cut down, stumps are left. And my holy people will be like stumps that begin to grow again.”
English Standard Version - And though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak, whose stump remains when it is felled.” The holy seed is its stump.
New Living Translation - If even a tenth—a remnant—survive, it will be invaded again and burned. But as a terebinth or oak tree leaves a stump when it is cut down, so Israel’s stump will be a holy seed.”
Christian Standard Bible - Though a tenth will remain in the land, it will be burned again. Like the terebinth or the oak that leaves a stump when felled, the holy seed is the stump.
New American Standard Bible - Yet there will still be a tenth portion in it, And it will again be subject to burning, Like a terebinth or an oak Whose stump remains when it is cut down. The holy seed is its stump.”
New King James Version - But yet a tenth will be in it, And will return and be for consuming, As a terebinth tree or as an oak, Whose stump remains when it is cut down. So the holy seed shall be its stump.”
Amplified Bible - And though a tenth [of the people] remain in the land, It will again be subject to destruction [consumed and burned], Like a massive terebinth tree or like an oak Whose stump remains when it is chopped down. The holy seed [the elect remnant] is its stump [the substance of Israel].”
American Standard Version - And if there be yet a tenth in it, it also shall in turn be eaten up: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remaineth, when they are felled; so the holy seed is the stock thereof.
King James Version - But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
New English Translation - Even if only a tenth of the people remain in the land, it will again be destroyed, like one of the large sacred trees or an Asherah pole, when a sacred pillar on a high place is thrown down. That sacred pillar symbolizes the special chosen family.”
World English Bible - If there is a tenth left in it, that also will in turn be consumed, as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stump remains when they are cut down; so the holy seed is its stock.”
新標點和合本 - 境內剩下的人若還有十分之一，也必被吞滅，像栗樹、橡樹雖被砍伐，樹墩子卻仍存留。這聖潔的種類在國中也是如此。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 國內剩下的人若還有十分之一，也必被吞滅。然而如同大樹與橡樹，雖被砍伐，殘幹卻仍存留，聖潔的苗裔是它的殘幹。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 國內剩下的人若還有十分之一，也必被吞滅。然而如同大樹與橡樹，雖被砍伐，殘幹卻仍存留，聖潔的苗裔是它的殘幹。」
當代譯本 - 即使境內只剩下十分之一的人，也必被消滅。然而，就像砍掉松樹和橡樹後必留下樹樁，聖潔的苗裔就是殘留的樹樁。」
聖經新譯本 - 境內剩下的人，雖然只有十分之一，也必被消滅。但正如栗樹和橡樹，雖然被砍下，樹的餘幹還存留在那裡。這聖潔的苗裔，就是這國的餘幹。”
呂振中譯本 - 就使境內的人還有十分之一，他們也必再被消滅。但是像篤耨香樹或橡樹，雖被砍下，仍有樹????子在那裏：』這樹????子、乃是聖的苗裔。
中文標準譯本 - 這地必被再次焚燒，其中還會有十分之一的人存留，就像黃連樹和橡樹被砍伐，其中還會有樹樁存留；聖潔的後裔就是這樹樁。」
現代標點和合本 - 境內剩下的人，若還有十分之一，也必被吞滅。像栗樹、橡樹，雖被砍伐，樹𣎴子卻仍存留，這聖潔的種類在國中也是如此。」
文理和合譯本 - 假令其中尚存什一、亦被焚燬、若栗與橡、經伐留幹、其幹乃聖裔也、
文理委辦譯本 - 其中居民、尚存什一、屢遭喪敗、譬彼橡樹、雖經斬伐、猶留其幹、為善之人亦若是。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 其中所遺、雖僅十分之一、亦歸滅絕、然猶存聖裔、為斯地之根本、如栗樹橡樹、雖經斬伐、根本尚存、或作譬彼栗樹橡樹斬伐枝條尚留根株聖種猶存為斯地之根本亦復若是
Nueva Versión Internacional - Y, si aún queda en la tierra una décima parte, esta volverá a ser devastada. Pero así como al talar la encina y el roble queda parte del tronco, esa parte es la simiente santa».
현대인의 성경 - 그러나 10분의 은 살아 남을 것이다. 비록 그것이 다시 소멸될지라도 밤나무나 상수리나무가 잘리면 그루터기는 남아 있듯이 이 땅의 거룩한 씨는 그 그루터기처럼 남아 있을 것이다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - И пусть в ней останется десятая часть ее жителей, она будет снова опустошена. Но как от теревинфа и от дуба остается корень , когда их срубят, так и святое семя будет ей корнем .
Восточный перевод - И пусть в ней останется десятая часть её жителей, она будет снова опустошена. Но как от теревинфа и от дуба остаётся корень, когда их срубят, так и оставшийся святой народ, словно корень, породит новую жизнь.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - И пусть в ней останется десятая часть её жителей, она будет снова опустошена. Но как от теревинфа и от дуба остаётся корень, когда их срубят, так и оставшийся святой народ, словно корень, породит новую жизнь.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - И пусть в ней останется десятая часть её жителей, она будет снова опустошена. Но как от теревинфа и от дуба остаётся корень, когда их срубят, так и оставшийся святой народ, словно корень, породит новую жизнь.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - S’il y subsiste encore ╵un dixième du peuple, à son tour, il sera ╵embrasé par le feu. Mais, comme un térébinthe ╵ou comme un chêne qui conserve sa souche, ╵quand il est abattu, la souche de ce peuple ╵sera une semence sainte.
リビングバイブル - それでもなお民の十分の一は残る。イスラエルは何度も侵略され、戦火に見舞われる。しかし、切り倒されてもなお新芽を出す切り株のように、必ず立ち直る。」
Nova Versão Internacional - E ainda que um décimo fique no país, esses também serão destruídos. Mas, assim como o terebinto e o carvalho deixam o tronco quando são derrubados, assim a santa semente será o seu tronco”.
Hoffnung für alle - Und sollte auch nur ein Zehntel der Bevölkerung im Land zurückgeblieben sein, wird es noch einmal verwüstet werden. Das Volk gleicht dann einem gefällten Baum , von dem nur noch der Stumpf übrig geblieben ist. Doch aus diesem Wurzelstock wird einmal etwas Neues wachsen: ein Volk, das allein mir gehört.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Dù nếu một phần mười dân còn sót trên đất, dân ấy cũng sẽ bị thiêu đốt. Nhưng như cây thông hay cây sồi bị đốn xuống mà còn chừa gốc, thì gốc Ít-ra-ên sẽ là giống thánh.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - และแม้จะเหลือคนหนึ่งในสิบอยู่ในดินแดนนั้น มันก็ยังเริศร้าง แต่เช่นเดียวกับต้นเทเรบินธ์และต้นโอ๊ก เมื่อถูกโค่นยังเหลือตอฉันใด ตอในดินแดนนั้นจะเป็นเมล็ดพันธุ์บริสุทธิ์ที่จะงอกขึ้นอีกครั้งฉันนั้น”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - และแม้ว่าจะมีคนจำนวนหนึ่งในสิบของผู้ที่ยังเหลืออยู่ในแผ่นดิน แต่แผ่นดินก็จะถูกกำหนดให้พังพินาศซ้ำลงไปอีก เหมือนกับต้นเทเรบินธ์หรือต้นโอ๊ก ที่เหลือแต่ตอเมื่อถูกโค่นลง ตอนั้นคือเชื้อสายอันบริสุทธิ์”

交叉引用

Isaiah 10:20 - And on that Day also, what’s left of Israel, the straggling survivors of Jacob, will no longer be fascinated by abusive, battering Assyria. They’ll lean on God, The Holy—yes, truly. The ragtag remnant—what’s left of Jacob—will come back to the Strong God. Your people Israel were once like the sand on the seashore, but only a scattered few will return. Destruction is ordered, brimming over with righteousness. For the Master, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, will finish here what he started all over the globe.
Galatians 3:18 - What is the point, then, of the law, the attached addendum? It was a thoughtful addition to the original covenant promises made to Abraham. The purpose of the law was to keep a sinful people in the way of salvation until Christ (the descendant) came, inheriting the promises and distributing them to us. Obviously this law was not a firsthand encounter with God. It was arranged by angelic messengers through a middleman, Moses. But if there is a middleman as there was at Sinai, then the people are not dealing directly with God, are they? But the original promise is the direct blessing of God, received by faith.
Isaiah 65:8 - God’s Message: “But just as one bad apple doesn’t ruin the whole bushel, there are still plenty of good apples left. So I’ll preserve those in Israel who obey me. I won’t destroy the whole nation. I’ll bring out my true children from Jacob and the heirs of my mountains from Judah. My chosen will inherit the land, my servants will move in. The lush valley of Sharon in the west will be a pasture for flocks, And in the east, the valley of Achor, a place for herds to graze. These will be for the people who bothered to reach out to me, who wanted me in their lives, who actually bothered to look for me. * * *
John 15:1 - “I am the Real Vine and my Father is the Farmer. He cuts off every branch of me that doesn’t bear grapes. And every branch that is grape-bearing he prunes back so it will bear even more. You are already pruned back by the message I have spoken.
Galatians 3:28 - In Christ’s family there can be no division into Jew and non-Jew, slave and free, male and female. Among us you are all equal. That is, we are all in a common relationship with Jesus Christ. Also, since you are Christ’s family, then you are Abraham’s famous “descendant,” heirs according to the covenant promises.
Romans 11:16 - Behind and underneath all this there is a holy, God-planted, God-tended root. If the primary root of the tree is holy, there’s bound to be some holy fruit. Some of the tree’s branches were pruned and you wild olive shoots were grafted in. Yet the fact that you are now fed by that rich and holy root gives you no cause to gloat over the pruned branches. Remember, you aren’t feeding the root; the root is feeding you.
Romans 11:19 - It’s certainly possible to say, “Other branches were pruned so that I could be grafted in!” Well and good. But they were pruned because they were deadwood, no longer connected by belief and commitment to the root. The only reason you’re on the tree is because your graft “took” when you believed, and because you’re connected to that belief-nurturing root. So don’t get cocky and strut your branch. Be humbly mindful of the root that keeps you lithe and green.
Romans 11:21 - If God didn’t think twice about taking pruning shears to the natural branches, why would he hesitate over you? He wouldn’t give it a second thought. Make sure you stay alert to these qualities of gentle kindness and ruthless severity that exist side by side in God—ruthless with the deadwood, gentle with the grafted shoot. But don’t presume on this gentleness. The moment you become deadwood, it’s game over.
Romans 11:23 - And don’t get to feeling superior to those pruned branches down on the ground. If they don’t persist in remaining deadwood, they could very well get grafted back in. God can do that. He can perform miracle grafts. Why, if he could graft you—branches cut from a tree out in the wild—into an orchard tree, he certainly isn’t going to have any trouble grafting branches back into the tree they grew from in the first place. Just be glad you’re in the tree, and hope for the best for the others.
Romans 11:25 - I want to lay all this out on the table as clearly as I can, friends. This is complicated. It would be easy to misinterpret what’s going on and arrogantly assume that you’re royalty and they’re just rabble, out on their ears for good. But that’s not it at all. This hardness on the part of insider Israel toward God is temporary. Its effect is to open things up to all the outsiders so that we end up with a full house. Before it’s all over, there will be a complete Israel. As it is written, A champion will stride down from the mountain of Zion; he’ll clean house in Jacob. And this is my commitment to my people: removal of their sins. From your point of view as you hear and embrace the good news of the Message, it looks like the Jews are God’s enemies. But looked at from the long-range perspective of God’s overall purpose, they remain God’s oldest friends. God’s gifts and God’s call are under full warranty—never canceled, never rescinded.

逐节对照

交叉引用

新标点和合本 - 境内剩下的人若还有十分之一，也必被吞灭，像栗树、橡树虽被砍伐，树墩子却仍存留。这圣洁的种类在国中也是如此。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 国内剩下的人若还有十分之一，也必被吞灭。然而如同大树与橡树，虽被砍伐，残干却仍存留，圣洁的苗裔是它的残干。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 国内剩下的人若还有十分之一，也必被吞灭。然而如同大树与橡树，虽被砍伐，残干却仍存留，圣洁的苗裔是它的残干。”
当代译本 - 即使境内只剩下十分之一的人，也必被消灭。然而，就像砍掉松树和橡树后必留下树桩，圣洁的苗裔就是残留的树桩。”
圣经新译本 - 境内剩下的人，虽然只有十分之一，也必被消灭。但正如栗树和橡树，虽然被砍下，树的余干还存留在那里。这圣洁的苗裔，就是这国的余干。”
中文标准译本 - 这地必被再次焚烧，其中还会有十分之一的人存留，就像黄连树和橡树被砍伐，其中还会有树桩存留；圣洁的后裔就是这树桩。”
现代标点和合本 - 境内剩下的人，若还有十分之一，也必被吞灭。像栗树、橡树，虽被砍伐，树𣎴子却仍存留，这圣洁的种类在国中也是如此。”
和合本（拼音版） - 境内剩下的人若还有十分之一，也必被吞灭，像栗树、橡树，虽被砍伐，树𣎴子却仍存留。这圣洁的种类在国中也是如此。”
New International Version - And though a tenth remains in the land, it will again be laid waste. But as the terebinth and oak leave stumps when they are cut down, so the holy seed will be the stump in the land.”
New International Reader's Version - Suppose only a tenth of the people remain there. Even then the land will be completely destroyed again. But when oak trees and terebinth trees are cut down, stumps are left. And my holy people will be like stumps that begin to grow again.”
English Standard Version - And though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak, whose stump remains when it is felled.” The holy seed is its stump.
New Living Translation - If even a tenth—a remnant—survive, it will be invaded again and burned. But as a terebinth or oak tree leaves a stump when it is cut down, so Israel’s stump will be a holy seed.”
Christian Standard Bible - Though a tenth will remain in the land, it will be burned again. Like the terebinth or the oak that leaves a stump when felled, the holy seed is the stump.
New American Standard Bible - Yet there will still be a tenth portion in it, And it will again be subject to burning, Like a terebinth or an oak Whose stump remains when it is cut down. The holy seed is its stump.”
New King James Version - But yet a tenth will be in it, And will return and be for consuming, As a terebinth tree or as an oak, Whose stump remains when it is cut down. So the holy seed shall be its stump.”
Amplified Bible - And though a tenth [of the people] remain in the land, It will again be subject to destruction [consumed and burned], Like a massive terebinth tree or like an oak Whose stump remains when it is chopped down. The holy seed [the elect remnant] is its stump [the substance of Israel].”
American Standard Version - And if there be yet a tenth in it, it also shall in turn be eaten up: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remaineth, when they are felled; so the holy seed is the stock thereof.
King James Version - But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
New English Translation - Even if only a tenth of the people remain in the land, it will again be destroyed, like one of the large sacred trees or an Asherah pole, when a sacred pillar on a high place is thrown down. That sacred pillar symbolizes the special chosen family.”
World English Bible - If there is a tenth left in it, that also will in turn be consumed, as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stump remains when they are cut down; so the holy seed is its stock.”
新標點和合本 - 境內剩下的人若還有十分之一，也必被吞滅，像栗樹、橡樹雖被砍伐，樹墩子卻仍存留。這聖潔的種類在國中也是如此。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 國內剩下的人若還有十分之一，也必被吞滅。然而如同大樹與橡樹，雖被砍伐，殘幹卻仍存留，聖潔的苗裔是它的殘幹。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 國內剩下的人若還有十分之一，也必被吞滅。然而如同大樹與橡樹，雖被砍伐，殘幹卻仍存留，聖潔的苗裔是它的殘幹。」
當代譯本 - 即使境內只剩下十分之一的人，也必被消滅。然而，就像砍掉松樹和橡樹後必留下樹樁，聖潔的苗裔就是殘留的樹樁。」
聖經新譯本 - 境內剩下的人，雖然只有十分之一，也必被消滅。但正如栗樹和橡樹，雖然被砍下，樹的餘幹還存留在那裡。這聖潔的苗裔，就是這國的餘幹。”
呂振中譯本 - 就使境內的人還有十分之一，他們也必再被消滅。但是像篤耨香樹或橡樹，雖被砍下，仍有樹????子在那裏：』這樹????子、乃是聖的苗裔。
中文標準譯本 - 這地必被再次焚燒，其中還會有十分之一的人存留，就像黃連樹和橡樹被砍伐，其中還會有樹樁存留；聖潔的後裔就是這樹樁。」
現代標點和合本 - 境內剩下的人，若還有十分之一，也必被吞滅。像栗樹、橡樹，雖被砍伐，樹𣎴子卻仍存留，這聖潔的種類在國中也是如此。」
文理和合譯本 - 假令其中尚存什一、亦被焚燬、若栗與橡、經伐留幹、其幹乃聖裔也、
文理委辦譯本 - 其中居民、尚存什一、屢遭喪敗、譬彼橡樹、雖經斬伐、猶留其幹、為善之人亦若是。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 其中所遺、雖僅十分之一、亦歸滅絕、然猶存聖裔、為斯地之根本、如栗樹橡樹、雖經斬伐、根本尚存、或作譬彼栗樹橡樹斬伐枝條尚留根株聖種猶存為斯地之根本亦復若是
Nueva Versión Internacional - Y, si aún queda en la tierra una décima parte, esta volverá a ser devastada. Pero así como al talar la encina y el roble queda parte del tronco, esa parte es la simiente santa».
현대인의 성경 - 그러나 10분의 은 살아 남을 것이다. 비록 그것이 다시 소멸될지라도 밤나무나 상수리나무가 잘리면 그루터기는 남아 있듯이 이 땅의 거룩한 씨는 그 그루터기처럼 남아 있을 것이다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - И пусть в ней останется десятая часть ее жителей, она будет снова опустошена. Но как от теревинфа и от дуба остается корень , когда их срубят, так и святое семя будет ей корнем .
Восточный перевод - И пусть в ней останется десятая часть её жителей, она будет снова опустошена. Но как от теревинфа и от дуба остаётся корень, когда их срубят, так и оставшийся святой народ, словно корень, породит новую жизнь.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - И пусть в ней останется десятая часть её жителей, она будет снова опустошена. Но как от теревинфа и от дуба остаётся корень, когда их срубят, так и оставшийся святой народ, словно корень, породит новую жизнь.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - И пусть в ней останется десятая часть её жителей, она будет снова опустошена. Но как от теревинфа и от дуба остаётся корень, когда их срубят, так и оставшийся святой народ, словно корень, породит новую жизнь.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - S’il y subsiste encore ╵un dixième du peuple, à son tour, il sera ╵embrasé par le feu. Mais, comme un térébinthe ╵ou comme un chêne qui conserve sa souche, ╵quand il est abattu, la souche de ce peuple ╵sera une semence sainte.
リビングバイブル - それでもなお民の十分の一は残る。イスラエルは何度も侵略され、戦火に見舞われる。しかし、切り倒されてもなお新芽を出す切り株のように、必ず立ち直る。」
Nova Versão Internacional - E ainda que um décimo fique no país, esses também serão destruídos. Mas, assim como o terebinto e o carvalho deixam o tronco quando são derrubados, assim a santa semente será o seu tronco”.
Hoffnung für alle - Und sollte auch nur ein Zehntel der Bevölkerung im Land zurückgeblieben sein, wird es noch einmal verwüstet werden. Das Volk gleicht dann einem gefällten Baum , von dem nur noch der Stumpf übrig geblieben ist. Doch aus diesem Wurzelstock wird einmal etwas Neues wachsen: ein Volk, das allein mir gehört.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Dù nếu một phần mười dân còn sót trên đất, dân ấy cũng sẽ bị thiêu đốt. Nhưng như cây thông hay cây sồi bị đốn xuống mà còn chừa gốc, thì gốc Ít-ra-ên sẽ là giống thánh.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - และแม้จะเหลือคนหนึ่งในสิบอยู่ในดินแดนนั้น มันก็ยังเริศร้าง แต่เช่นเดียวกับต้นเทเรบินธ์และต้นโอ๊ก เมื่อถูกโค่นยังเหลือตอฉันใด ตอในดินแดนนั้นจะเป็นเมล็ดพันธุ์บริสุทธิ์ที่จะงอกขึ้นอีกครั้งฉันนั้น”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - และแม้ว่าจะมีคนจำนวนหนึ่งในสิบของผู้ที่ยังเหลืออยู่ในแผ่นดิน แต่แผ่นดินก็จะถูกกำหนดให้พังพินาศซ้ำลงไปอีก เหมือนกับต้นเทเรบินธ์หรือต้นโอ๊ก ที่เหลือแต่ตอเมื่อถูกโค่นลง ตอนั้นคือเชื้อสายอันบริสุทธิ์”

Isaiah 10:20 - And on that Day also, what’s left of Israel, the straggling survivors of Jacob, will no longer be fascinated by abusive, battering Assyria. They’ll lean on God, The Holy—yes, truly. The ragtag remnant—what’s left of Jacob—will come back to the Strong God. Your people Israel were once like the sand on the seashore, but only a scattered few will return. Destruction is ordered, brimming over with righteousness. For the Master, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, will finish here what he started all over the globe.
Galatians 3:18 - What is the point, then, of the law, the attached addendum? It was a thoughtful addition to the original covenant promises made to Abraham. The purpose of the law was to keep a sinful people in the way of salvation until Christ (the descendant) came, inheriting the promises and distributing them to us. Obviously this law was not a firsthand encounter with God. It was arranged by angelic messengers through a middleman, Moses. But if there is a middleman as there was at Sinai, then the people are not dealing directly with God, are they? But the original promise is the direct blessing of God, received by faith.
Isaiah 65:8 - God’s Message: “But just as one bad apple doesn’t ruin the whole bushel, there are still plenty of good apples left. So I’ll preserve those in Israel who obey me. I won’t destroy the whole nation. I’ll bring out my true children from Jacob and the heirs of my mountains from Judah. My chosen will inherit the land, my servants will move in. The lush valley of Sharon in the west will be a pasture for flocks, And in the east, the valley of Achor, a place for herds to graze. These will be for the people who bothered to reach out to me, who wanted me in their lives, who actually bothered to look for me. * * *
John 15:1 - “I am the Real Vine and my Father is the Farmer. He cuts off every branch of me that doesn’t bear grapes. And every branch that is grape-bearing he prunes back so it will bear even more. You are already pruned back by the message I have spoken.
Galatians 3:28 - In Christ’s family there can be no division into Jew and non-Jew, slave and free, male and female. Among us you are all equal. That is, we are all in a common relationship with Jesus Christ. Also, since you are Christ’s family, then you are Abraham’s famous “descendant,” heirs according to the covenant promises.
Romans 11:16 - Behind and underneath all this there is a holy, God-planted, God-tended root. If the primary root of the tree is holy, there’s bound to be some holy fruit. Some of the tree’s branches were pruned and you wild olive shoots were grafted in. Yet the fact that you are now fed by that rich and holy root gives you no cause to gloat over the pruned branches. Remember, you aren’t feeding the root; the root is feeding you.
Romans 11:19 - It’s certainly possible to say, “Other branches were pruned so that I could be grafted in!” Well and good. But they were pruned because they were deadwood, no longer connected by belief and commitment to the root. The only reason you’re on the tree is because your graft “took” when you believed, and because you’re connected to that belief-nurturing root. So don’t get cocky and strut your branch. Be humbly mindful of the root that keeps you lithe and green.
Romans 11:21 - If God didn’t think twice about taking pruning shears to the natural branches, why would he hesitate over you? He wouldn’t give it a second thought. Make sure you stay alert to these qualities of gentle kindness and ruthless severity that exist side by side in God—ruthless with the deadwood, gentle with the grafted shoot. But don’t presume on this gentleness. The moment you become deadwood, it’s game over.
Romans 11:23 - And don’t get to feeling superior to those pruned branches down on the ground. If they don’t persist in remaining deadwood, they could very well get grafted back in. God can do that. He can perform miracle grafts. Why, if he could graft you—branches cut from a tree out in the wild—into an orchard tree, he certainly isn’t going to have any trouble grafting branches back into the tree they grew from in the first place. Just be glad you’re in the tree, and hope for the best for the others.
Romans 11:25 - I want to lay all this out on the table as clearly as I can, friends. This is complicated. It would be easy to misinterpret what’s going on and arrogantly assume that you’re royalty and they’re just rabble, out on their ears for good. But that’s not it at all. This hardness on the part of insider Israel toward God is temporary. Its effect is to open things up to all the outsiders so that we end up with a full house. Before it’s all over, there will be a complete Israel. As it is written, A champion will stride down from the mountain of Zion; he’ll clean house in Jacob. And this is my commitment to my people: removal of their sins. From your point of view as you hear and embrace the good news of the Message, it looks like the Jews are God’s enemies. But looked at from the long-range perspective of God’s overall purpose, they remain God’s oldest friends. God’s gifts and God’s call are under full warranty—never canceled, never rescinded.