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Romans 10:19

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Did the people of Israel understand or not? Moses answered this question when he told that the Lord had said, “I will make Israel jealous of people who are a nation of nobodies. I will make them angry with people who don't understand a thing.”

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People who make idols are so stupid! They will be disappointed, because their false gods are not alive.

Idols are worthless, and anyone who worships them is a fool!

I will scatter the seeds and show mercy to Lo-Ruhamah. I will say to Lo-Ammi, “You are my people,” and they will answer, “You are our God.”

But am I saying that the people of Israel did not hear? No, I am not! The Scriptures say, “The message was told everywhere on earth. It was announced all over the world.”

Do I mean that the people of Israel fell, never to get up again? Certainly not! Their failure made it possible for the Gentiles to be saved, and this will make the people of Israel jealous.

I hope in this way to make some of my own people jealous enough to be saved.

They have said that some of you claim to follow me, while others claim to follow Apollos or Peter or Christ.

Am I saying that either the idols or the food sacrificed to them is anything at all?

Don't you have homes where you can eat and drink? Do you hate God's church? Do you want to embarrass people who don't have anything? What can I say to you? I certainly cannot praise you.

I want you to remember that before you became followers of the Lord, you were led in all the wrong ways by idols that cannot even talk.

My friends, I want you to know that our bodies of flesh and blood will decay. This means that they cannot share in God's kingdom, which lasts for ever.

My friends, what I mean is that the Lord will soon come, and it won't matter if you are married or not.

You worshipped worthless idols, and made me jealous and angry! Now I will send a cruel and worthless nation to make you jealous and angry.

We used to be stupid, disobedient, and foolish, as well as slaves of all sorts of desires and pleasures. We were evil and jealous. Everyone hated us, and we hated everyone.

“Once you were nobody. Now you are God's people. At one time no one had pity on you. Now God has treated you with kindness.”




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