Romans 9:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For the Lord will give effect to his word on the earth, putting an end to it and cutting it short.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 9:8 : 8 And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.
  • Ps 65:5 : 5 You will give us an answer in righteousness by great acts of power, O God of our salvation; you who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of the far-off lands of the sea;
  • Isa 5:16 : 16 But the Lord of armies is lifted up as judge, and the Holy God is seen to be holy in righteousness.
  • Isa 10:23 : 23 For the Lord, the Lord of armies, is about to make destruction complete in all the land.
  • Isa 28:22 : 22 And now, take care that you do not make sport of him, or your bands will be made strong; for I have had word from the Lord, the Lord of armies, of an end, of a complete end, which is to come on all the land.
  • Isa 30:12-14 : 12 For this cause the Holy One of Israel says, Because you will not give ear to this word, and are looking for help in ways of deceit and evil, and are putting your hope in them: 13 This sin will be to you like a crack in a high wall, causing its fall suddenly and in a minute. 14 And he will let it be broken as a potter's vessel is broken: it will be smashed to bits without mercy; so that there will not be a bit in which one may take fire from the fireplace, or water from the spring.
  • Dan 9:26-27 : 26 And at the end of the times, even after the sixty-two weeks, one on whom the holy oil has been put will be cut off and have no ...; and the town and the holy place will be made waste together with a prince; and the end will come with an overflowing of waters, and even to the end there will be war; the making waste which has been fixed. 27 And a strong order will be sent out against the great number for one week; and so for half of the week the offering and the meal offering will come to an end; and in its place will be an unclean thing causing fear; till the destruction which has been fixed is let loose on him who has made waste.
  • Matt 24:21 : 21 Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.
  • Acts 17:31 : 31 Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead.
  • Rev 19:11 : 11 And the heaven was open; and I saw a white horse, and he who was seated on it was named Certain and True; and he is judging and making war in righteousness.

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