So now let me destroy them in anger. Then I will make a great nation from you.”
Romans 10:1 - Easy To Read Version Brothers and sisters, the thing I want most is for all the Jews to be saved. That is my prayer to God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
So now let me destroy them in anger. Then I will make a great nation from you.”
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel (Jacob). Those men served you. And you used your name to make a promise to them. You said: ‘I will make your people as many as the stars in the sky. I will give your people all this land like I promised. This land will be theirs forever.’”
Lord, I did not run away from you.\par I followed you.\par I became the shepherd {\cf2\super [140]} you wanted.\par I did not want the terrible day to come.\par Lord, you know the things I said.\par You see all that is happening.\par
I have been good to the people of Judah.\par But now they are paying me back with evil.\par They are trying to trap me and kill me.\par
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets. {\cf2\super [250]} You kill with rocks those men that God has sent you. Many, many times I wanted to help your people. I wanted to gather your people together like a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But you did not let me.
I don’t need a man to tell people about me. But I tell you these things so that you can be saved.
I can say this about the Jews: They really try to follow God. But they don’t know the right way.
And as for me, I would never stop praying for you. If I stopped praying for you, then I would be sinning against the Lord. I will continue to teach you the right way to live a good life.
The Lord said, “Saul has stopped following me. So I am sorry that I made Saul king. He is not doing what I tell him.” Samuel became angry and cried to the Lord all night.
After that Samuel never saw Saul again all his life. Samuel was very sad for Saul. And the Lord was very sorry that he had made Saul king of Israel.