They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord,
    who brought us up out of Egypt(A)
and led us through the barren wilderness,
    through a land of deserts(B) and ravines,(C)
a land of drought and utter darkness,
    a land where no one travels(D) and no one lives?’
I brought you into a fertile land
    to eat its fruit and rich produce.(E)
But you came and defiled my land
    and made my inheritance detestable.(F)
The priests did not ask,
    ‘Where is the Lord?’
Those who deal with the law did not know me;(G)
    the leaders(H) rebelled against me.
The prophets prophesied by Baal,(I)
    following worthless idols.(J)

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the people of Israel.(A) Theirs is the adoption to sonship;(B) theirs the divine glory,(C) the covenants,(D) the receiving of the law,(E) the temple worship(F) and the promises.(G)

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Theirs are the patriarchs,(A) and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah,(B) who is God over all,(C) forever praised![a](D) Amen.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:5 Or Messiah, who is over all. God be forever praised! Or Messiah. God who is over all be forever praised!

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