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Romans 9:26

New Testament Epistle (Pauline) ASV (1901)

What does Romans 9:26 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And it shall be, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And it shall be, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.
Romans 9:26 — American Standard Version

Context — Romans 9

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
23and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,
24[even] us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
25As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved.
26And it shall be, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.
27And Isaiah crieth concerning Israel, If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that shall be saved:
28for the Lord will execute [his] word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.
29And, as Isaiah hath said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We had become as Sodom, and had been made like unto Gomorrah.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And it shall come to pass that in the place, etc..] This is another citation out of Hosea, and is to be seen in (<280110>Hosea 1:10), and the meaning is, that in those countries, as here in Great Britain, in the very selfsame place, or spot of ground, where it was said unto them, ye are not my people; where were nothing but idolatry and idolatrous worshippers, and whose worship, works, and actions, declared them not to be the people of God: there shall they be called the children of the living God; not only children of God, but of the living God; in opposition to their idol gods, their lifeless deities, and senseless statues of gold, silver, brass, wood, or stone, they fell down to and…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“And--another quotation from Hos 1:10. it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children--"called sons" of the living God--The expression, "in the place where . . . there," seems designed only to give greater emphasis to the gracious change here announced, from divine exclusion to divine admission to the privileges of the people of God.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“And it shall come to pass - It shall happen, or take place. This is a continuation of the quotation from the prophet Hosea Hosea 1:10, designed to confirm the doctrine which he was establishing. Both these quotations have the same design, and are introduced for the same end. In Hosea they did not refer to the calling of the Gentiles, but to the recalling the rejected Jews. God says, after the Jews had been rejected and scattered for their idolatry; after they had forfeited his favor, and been cast off as if they were not his people; he would recall them, and bestow on them again the appellation of sons. The apostle does not quote this as having original reference to the Gentiles, but for the…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“There shall they be called the sons of God - So that they need not leave their own country and come to Judea. Hos 1:10 Romans 9:27”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“And it: Hos 1:9, Hos 1:10 there shall: Rom 8:16; Isa 43:6; Joh 11:52; Co2 6:18; Gal 3:26; Jo1 3:1-3 Romans 9:27”
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