Romans 9:2

I have great grief and unceasing anguish in my heart.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

In Context

1I speak truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit, that

3For I could wish to be myself accursed and cast out from Christ in behalf of my brethren, my kinsmen as to the flesh;

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Cross References

Isaiah 66:10Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, And exult for her, all ye that love her! Be very joyful with her, all ye that mourn for her!

Jeremiah 13:17But if ye will not hear, I will mourn in secret places for your pride, I will weep continually, And my eyes shall run down with tears, Because the flock of Jehovah is carried away captive.

Lamentations 3:48Mine eye runneth down with streams of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Ezekiel 9:4and Jehovah said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that wail for all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.

Romans 10:1Brethren, the desire of my heart and my prayer to God for them is, that they may be saved.

Matthew Henry on Romans 9:2-6

Paul's Anxiety for the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, 2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; 5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as… Read the whole commentary →

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