Ulangan 6:25

6:25 We will be innocent if we carefully keep all these commandments ¹  before the Lord our God, just as he demands.” ² 

Yesaya 51:1

There is Hope for the Future

51:1 “Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, ³ 

who seek the Lord!

Look at the rock from which you were chiseled,

at the quarry ⁴  from which you were dug! ⁵ 

Roma 10:2-3

10:2 For I can testify that they are zealous for God, ⁶  but their zeal is not in line with the truth. ⁷  10:3 For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

[6:25]  ¹ tn The term “commandment” (מִצְוָה, mitsvah), here in the singular, refers to the entire body of covenant stipulations.

[6:25]  ² tn Heb “as he has commanded us” (so NIV, NRSV).

[51:1]  ³ tn Or “righteousness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “justice”; NLT “hope for deliverance.”

[51:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “the excavation of the hole.”

[51:1]  ⁵ sn The “rock” and “quarry” refer here to Abraham and Sarah, the progenitors of the nation.

[10:2]  ⁶ tn Grk “they have a zeal for God.”

[10:2]  ⁷ tn Grk “in accord with knowledge.”

[10:2]  sn Their zeal is not in line with the truth means that the Jews’ passion for God was strong, but it ignored the true righteousness of God (v. 3; cf. also 3:21).