Romans 9:4

Easy To Read Version

They are the people of Israel. {\cf2\super [73]} Those people (the Jews) are God’s chosen children. Those people have the glory of God and the agreements that God made between himself and his people. God gave them the law \{of Moses\} and the \{temple\} worship. And God gave his promises to those people (the Jews).

Cross References

Genesis 15:18

So on that day, the Lord made a promise and an agreement with Abram. The Lord said, “I will give this land to your descendants. I will give them the land between the River of Egypt [88] and the great river Euphrates.

Genesis 17:10

This is the agreement that you will obey. This is the agreement between you and me. This is for all your descendants: Every boy that is born must be circumcised. [96]

Genesis 17:2

If you do this, I will prepare an agreement between us. I will promise to make your people a great nation.”

Genesis 17:7

And I will prepare an agreement between you and me. This agreement will also be for all your descendants. This agreement will continue forever. I will be your God and the God of all your descendants.

Genesis 32:28

Then the man said, “Your name will not be Jacob. Your name will now be Israel. [191] I give you this name because you have fought with God and with men, and you have not been defeated.”

1 Kings 8:11

The priests could not continue their work because the temple was filled with the Glory of the Lord. [110]

Nehemiah 13:29

My God, punish those people. They made the priesthood unclean. They treated it like it was not important. They did not obey the agreement that you made with the priests and Levites.

Psalm 147:19

God gave his commands to Jacob (Israel).\par God gave his laws and rules to Israel.\par

Psalm 63:2

Yes, I have seen you in your temple.\par I have seen your strength and glory.\par

Psalm 73:1

God is truly good to Israel.\par God is good to people\par whose hearts are pure.\par

Psalm 78:61

God let other nations capture his people.\par Enemies took God’s “beautiful jewel.”\par

Psalm 89:3

God said,\par “I made an agreement with my chosen king.\par I made a promise to my servant, David:\par

Psalm 89:34

I will not break my agreement with David.\par I will not change our agreement.\par

Psalm 90:16

Let your servants see the wonderful things\par you can do for them.\par And let their children see your glory.\par

Exodus 12:25

You must remember to do this even when you go to the land the Lord is giving you.

Exodus 34:27

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write all the things that I have told you. Those things are the Agreement that I made with you and the people of Israel.”

Exodus 4:22

Then you should say to Pharaoh:

Exodus 40:34

Then the cloud covered the Meeting Tent [503] and the Glory of the Lord [504] filled the Holy Tent. [505]

Isaiah 41:8

\{The Lord says\}:

Isaiah 46:3

“Family of Jacob, listen to me! All you people from Israel that are still alive, listen! I have been carrying you. I have carried you since the time you were in your mother’s body.

Isaiah 5:2

My friend dug and cleared the field.\par He planted the best grapevines there.\par He built a tower in the middle of the field.\par He hoped for good grapes to grow there.\par But there were only bad grapes.\par

Isaiah 60:19

“The sun will no longer be your light\par during the day.\par The light from the moon will no longer\par be your light \{at night\}.\par Because the Lord will be your light forever.\par Your God will be your glory.\par

Jeremiah 31:20

\{God says,\}\par “You know that Ephraim {\cf2\super [255]} is my dear son.\par I love that child.\par Yes, I often criticized Ephraim,\par but I still think about him.\par I love him very much.\par And I really do want to comfort him.”\par This message is from the Lord.\par

Jeremiah 31:33

“In the future, I will make this Agreement {\cf2\super [261]} with the people of Israel.” This message is from the Lord. “I will put my teachings in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Jeremiah 31:9

Those people will come back crying.\par But I will lead them and comfort them.\par I will lead those people by streams of water.\par I will lead them on an easy road,\par so that they will not stumble.\par I will lead them in that way\par because I am Israel’s father.\par And Ephraim {\cf2\super [250]} is my firstborn son.\par

Hosea 11:1

\{The Lord said,\}“I loved Israel when he was a child,\par and I called my son out of Egypt.\par

Numbers 7:89

Moses went into the Meeting Tent [122] to speak to the Lord. At that time, he heard the Lord’s voice speaking to him. The voice was coming from the area between the two Cherub angels on the special cover [123] on top of the Box of the Agreement. [124] {This was the way} God spoke to Moses.

Matthew 21:33

“Listen to this story: There was a man that owned a vineyard. He put a wall around the field and dug a hole for a wine press. {\cf2\super [299]} Then the man built a tower. He leased the land to some farmers. Then he left for a trip.

John 1:17

The law was given through Moses. But grace and \{the way of\} truth came through Jesus Christ.

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him. Jesus said, “This man coming is truly one of God’s people. {\cf2\super [31]} There is nothing false in him.”

Acts 2:39

This promise is for you. It is also for your children and for the people that are far away. It is for every person that the Lord our God calls to himself.”

Romans 3:2

Yes, the Jews have many special things. The most important thing is this: God trusted the Jews with his teachings.

Romans 8:15

The Spirit {\cf2\super [65]} that we received is not a spirit that makes us slaves again and causes us to fear. The Spirit that we have makes us God’s chosen children. And with that Spirit we say, “Abba, {\cf2\super [66]} Father.”

Romans 9:6

\{Yes, I feel sorry for the Jewish people.\} I don’t mean that God failed to keep his promise to them. But only some of the people of Israel (the Jews) are truly God’s people. {\cf2\super [77]}

2 Corinthians 11:22

Are those people Hebrews {\cf2\super [38]} ? I am too. Are they Israelites {\cf2\super [39]} ? I am too. Are they from Abraham’s {\cf2\super [40]} family? I am too.

Galatians 3:16

God made promises to Abraham {\cf2\super [35]} and his Descendant. {\cf2\super [36]} The Scripture does not say, “and to your descendants.” {\cf2\super [37]} (That would mean many people.) But it says, “and to your Descendant.” (That means only one person; that person is Christ.)

Ephesians 2:12

Remember that in the past you were without Christ. You were not citizens of Israel. {\cf2\super [11]} And you did not have the agreements {\cf2\super [12]} with the promise \{that God made to his people\}. You had no hope, and you did not know God.

Deuteronomy 14:1

“You are the children of the Lord your God. When someone dies, you must not cut yourselves or shave your heads to show your sadness.

Deuteronomy 29:1

The Lord made an agreement with the people of Israel at Mount Horeb (Sinai). In addition to that agreement, the Lord also commanded Moses to make another agreement with them while they were in Moab. This is that agreement.

Deuteronomy 29:14

The Lord is making this agreement with its promises not only with you people.

Deuteronomy 31:16

The Lord said to Moses, “You will die soon. And after you have gone to be with your ancestors, [205] these people will not continue to be faithful to me. They will break the Agreement I made with them. They will leave me and begin worshiping other gods—the false gods of the land where they are going.

Deuteronomy 4:13

The Lord told you his Agreement. He told you the Ten Commandments and commanded you to follow them. The Lord wrote those laws of the Agreement on two stone tablets.

Deuteronomy 7:6

Why? Because you are the Lord’s own people. From all the people on earth, the Lord your God chose you to be his special people—people that belong only to him.

Hebrews 9:1

The first agreement {\cf2\super [92]} had rules for worship. And it had a man-made place for worship.

Hebrews 9:10

Those gifts and sacrifices were only about food and drink and special washings. Those things were only rules about the body—\{not about things inside people’s hearts\}. God gave those rules \{for his people to follow\} until the time of God’s new way.

Hebrews 9:3

Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place. {\cf2\super [93]}

Hebrews 9:5

Above the box were the Cherub angels {\cf2\super [98]} that showed God’s glory. These Cherub angels were over the mercy seat. {\cf2\super [99]} But we cannot say everything about these things now.

Hebrews 9:6

Everything in the tent was made ready in the way I have explained. Then the priests went into the first room every day to do their worship.