26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
26 "And in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' there they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"
26 In the place where they yelled out, "You're nobody!" they're calling you "God's living children."
26 "And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not My people,' There they shall be called sons of the living God."
26 And, "Then, at the place where they were told, 'You are not my people,' there they will be called 'children of the living God.'"
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Romans 9:26
Commentary on Romans 9:25-29
(Read Romans 9:25-29)
The rejecting of the Jews, and the taking in the Gentiles, were foretold in the Old Testament. It tends very much to the clearing of a truth, to observe how the Scripture is fulfilled in it. It is a wonder of Divine power and mercy that there are any saved: for even those left to be a seed, if God had dealt with them according to their sins, had perished with the rest. This great truth this Scripture teaches us. Even among the vast number of professing Christians it is to be feared that only a remnant will be saved.