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Time after Pentecost · Proper 13 · Year A

Romans 9:1-5 (6-13)

Paul's Anguish for Israel

August 2, 2026

Isaac Blessing Jacob, Govert Flinck
Isaac Blessing Jacob, Govert Flinck, 1638Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
A pupil of Rembrandt paints the deception in his master's warm half-light: the blind father's hand on the goatskin, Rebecca watching from the dark.Theirs is the adoption, the glory, the covenants: Romans 9 wrestles with a promise that passed through this trick.Govert FlinckA pupil of Rembrandt who learned to imitate him so well that paintings were sold as his master's, then developed a lighter courtly manner.Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamThe Netherlands' national museum, built around the Dutch Golden Age and reopened in 2013 after a ten-year rebuilding.Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMatt. 14:13-21Mt 14:13-21
EpistleRom. 9:1-5 (6-13)Rom 9:1-5 (6-13)
Old TestamentIsa. 55:1-5Is 55:1-5
PsalterPs. 136:1-9 (23-26)Ps 136:1-9 (23-26)

Overview & Insights

"I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart." (Romans 9:2)

Paul expresses deep grief over his fellow Israelites' unbelief and lists the privileges God gave them, including the covenants, the law, the worship, the promises, and the Messiah.

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Commentary

Working Preacher: Commentary on Romans 9:1-5Working Preacher: Commentary on Rom 9:1-5 Working Preacher

Lutheran lectionary commentary on Paul's sorrow for Israel for Year A.

Enduring Word: Romans 9Enduring Word: Rom 9 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.

CEP: Romans 9:1-5 CommentaryCEP: Rom 9:1-5 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

Reformed preaching commentary on Paul's grief and Israel's privileges.

StudyLight: Romans 9 CommentariesStudyLight: Rom 9 Commentaries StudyLight

Many complete commentaries on Romans 9 gathered on one passage page.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Romans 9:1BibleHub: Commentaries on Rom 9:1 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to Paul's opening lament.

Background & Word Study

BibleProject: Romans 5-16 OverviewBibleProject: Rom 5-16 Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the second half of Romans and its argument about Israel.

BibleHub: Romans 9 InterlinearBibleHub: Rom 9 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek-English interlinear for word-level study of Romans 9.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Romans 9Catena: Rom 9 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Romans 9.

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