Bible Strands
Romans 9:28
For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul addresses the Roman church while explaining God's sovereign selection of a remnant from Israel. He interrupts his argument to quote Isaiah, marking a moment where divine judgment on the earth is declared.
The words — συντελῶν (suntelōn) means concluding or finishing, and συντέμνων (suntemnōn) literally means cutting short or bringing swiftly. Together they describe a sentence executed with thoroughness and speed.
The thread — This theme of decisive divine judgment appears in Isaiah 10:23, where the Lord carries out destruction decreed upon the land, and echoes the universal judgment referenced in Acts 17:31 and Psalm 9:8.
Why it lands — The text states that the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively. It asks the reader to acknowledge the certainty of God's decree and to stop relying on visible circumstances or human numbers for assurance.
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The Greek words
King James Version
For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 10:23 For the Lord GOD of Hosts will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land.
- Acts 17:31 For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
- Psalms 9:8 He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
- Isaiah 30:12 Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,
- Revelation 19:11 Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.
- Psalms 65:5 With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
- Isaiah 5:16 But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
- Isaiah 28:22 So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.
- Daniel 9:26 Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
- Matthew 24:21 For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.