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Romans 11:26
And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul writes to the Roman church, mid-argument (ch. 9–11), addressing the apparent failure of Israel's mission and its resolution. He is not speaking to Israel directly but to Gentile believers who might read Israel's unbelief as a permanent verdict.
The words — σωθήσεται (sōthēsetai), future passive of σῴζω, literally "will be saved": the subject is acted upon, not acting. πᾶς (pas), "all," stands in deliberate contrast to the "in part" (μέρος) of v. 25, marking the scope as total.
The thread — The quotation is Isaiah 59:20 in the LXX, where "the Deliverer will come from Zion" is a divine promise, not a human program. Psalm 14:7 (LXX 13:7) carries the same "salvation from Zion" motif as a prayer, and Jeremiah 31:31 supplies the covenant framework Paul invokes in the following verse.
Why it lands — The verse is future-tense and passive: the reader is not the agent, and the event has not yet occurred. It asks the reader to release both the urge to explain Israel's present state as final and the urge to claim credit for a deliverance that belongs to the one who comes from Zion.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
Cross-references
- Isaiah 59:20 “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 31:31 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
- Psalms 14:7 Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!
- Hosea 3:5 Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
- Zechariah 10:6 I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.
- Amos 9:14 I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
- Isaiah 45:17 But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
- Joel 3:16 The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
- Ezekiel 37:21 you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land.
- Acts 3:26 When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”