now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
Romans 10:1 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Brethren, my heart's desire and my supplication to God is for them, that they may be saved. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition BRETHREN, [with all] my heart's desire and goodwill for [Israel], I long and pray to God that they may be saved. American Standard Version (1901) Brethren, my heart’s desire and my supplication to God is for them, that they may be saved. Common English Bible Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire is for Israel’s salvation. That’s my prayer to God for them. Catholic Public Domain Version Brothers, certainly the will of my heart, and my prayer to God, is for them unto salvation. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version BRETHREN, the will of my heart, indeed, and my prayer to God, is for them unto salvation. |
now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy fury from them.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her own brood under her wings, and ye would not!
But the witness which I receive is not from man: howbeit I say these things, that ye may be saved.
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And Samuel was wroth; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.