Romans 10:21

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Summary

Romans 10:21

But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.

All day long

A disobedient

Bible References

All day long

“Because I called and you refused,
I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;

“I have spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people,
Who walk in the way which is not good, following their own thoughts,

And the Lord has sent to you all His servants the prophets again and again, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear,

Also I have sent to you all My servants the prophets, sending them again and again, saying: ‘Turn now every man from his evil way and amend your deeds, and do not go after other gods to worship them. Then you will dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your forefathers; but you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a

vineyard and put a wall around it and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower

, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey.

And he sent out his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come.

“Therefore, behold, I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city,

and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first; since you repudiate it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.

A disobedient

The Lord spoke further to me, saying, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed, it is a

stubborn people.

For I know your rebellion and your stubbornness; behold, while I am still alive with you today, you have been rebellious against the Lord; how much more, then, after my death?

The Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being king over them.

“But they became disobedient and rebelled against You,
And cast Your law behind their backs
And killed Your prophets who had admonished them
So that they might return to You,
And they committed great blasphemies.

Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets, again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing which I hate.”

“You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did.

hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved; with the result that they always fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them to the utmost.

and,
“A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”;

for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed.