Romans 9:28
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For he shall finish his word and cut it short in justice: because a short word shall the Lord make upon the earth.

work.

Isaiah 28:22 And now do not mock, lest your bonds be tied strait. For I have heard of the Lord the God of hosts a consumption and a cutting short upon all the earth.

Isaiah 30:12-14 Therefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel: Because you have rejected this word, and have trusted in oppression and tumult, and have leaned upon it: . . .

Daniel 9:26,27 And after sixty-two weeks Christ shall be slain: and the people that shall deny him shall not be his. And a people, with their leader, that shall come, shall destroy the city, and the sanctuary: and the end thereof shall be waste, and after the end of the war the appointed desolation. . . .

Matthew 24:21 For there shall be then great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, neither shall be.

in righteousness.

Psalm 9:8 And he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in justice.

Psalm 65:5 Wonderful in justice. Hear us, O God our saviour, who art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and in the sea afar off.

Isaiah 5:16 And the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God shall be sanctified in justice.

Acts 17:31 Because he hath appointed a day wherein he will judge the world in equity, by the man whom he hath appointed: giving faith to all, by raising him up from the dead.

Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened: and behold a white horse. And he that sat upon him was called faithful and true: and with justice doth he judge and fight.

Context
The Calling of the Gentiles
27And Isaias cried out concerning Israel: If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved. 28For he shall finish his word and cut it short in justice: because a short word shall the Lord make upon the earth. 29And Isaias foretold: Unless the Lord of Sabbath had left us a seed, we had been made as Sodom and we had been like unto Gomorrha.…
Cross References
Isaiah 10:22
For if thy people, O Israel, shall be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them shall be converted, the consumption abridged shall overflow with justice.

Isaiah 10:23
For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, and an abridgment in the midst of all the land.

Lexicon
For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

[the] Lord
Κύριος (Kyrios)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

will carry out
ποιήσει (poiēsei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

[His] sentence
λόγον (logon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3056: From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression.

on
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

earth
γῆς (gēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.

thoroughly
συντελῶν (syntelōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4931: To bring to an end, fulfill, accomplish. From sun and teleo; to complete entirely; generally, to execute.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

decisively.”
συντέμνων (syntemnōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4932: From sun and the base of tomoteros; to contract by cutting, i.e. do concisely.


Additional Translations
For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”

For the Lord will perform the sentence He is concluding and bringing swiftly upon the earth."

For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make on the earth.

for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.

for [he] is bringing the matter to an end, and [cutting [it] short in righteousness; because] a cutting short of the matter will [the] Lord accomplish upon the earth.

for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.

For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

for the Lord will hold a reckoning upon the earth, making it efficacious and brief."

for He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth."

for a matter He is finishing, and is cutting short in righteousness, because a matter cut short will the Lord do upon the land.
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