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used in respect of those that perished ; but the Remnant itself, numerous in itself, will be wholly converted, Mic. ii. 12. — <subr\<strai) shall he saved: The Latin Yulgate has expressed this by, salvus jieret ; and not inappropriately.1 It contains this sentiment, the fulness of the Gentiles shall he brought in and so all Israel shall he made safe ; but uyjtg oZ, until, has changed the former verb z)<sz\z\)Gzrui [Indie.] into ttdskfy [Subj.], the second verb, cwdrjfcrai, remaining [Indicative]. — See similar instances noticed at Mark iii. 27. The Latin Yulg. has expressed the meaning. — vgczi ix 2/wv — hu&r\xx\, oruv u<ps\u/xui rug cc/xupriug uvruv) shall come out of Zion — the covenant , when I shall take away their sins. Is. lix. 20, 21, LXX., xui rfezi svexu 2/wv — diudijxri, sh rs K vpiog, x.r.X., and shall come for the sake of Zion — the covenant , saith the Lord, etc. Is. xxvii. 9, LXX., xai rouro i(fnv j? zvXoy/u uvrov, orav uQzXufjjai rriv a/xupriuv uvrou, x.r.X., and this is His blessing , when I shall take away his sin. Heb. and there shall come to
Zion (and for its benefit) the Redeemer, and to those turning from transgression in Jacob. Paul, ch. iii., in describing sin had quoted Ps. xiv., and chiefly ch. lix. of Isaiah : now in describing salvation, he joins together the same texts. He says, ix 2 iuv, out of Sion, as the lxx., Ps. xiv. 7. The Deliverer or Redeemer comes (ix) out of Sion and (i?, svexu) for good to Sion. His coming has been already accomplished, and the fruit will arrive at perfection at the proper time. Sion is a whole, in a good sense, Jacob here is a whole, in a less favourable sense ; those returning are a part.
27. Avrr), this) of which see in the preceding verse. — rtup i[iov, from me) He himself will do it. — biudrixri, testament [cove- nant])— namely, it shall then he and shall he unfolded. — rug dfjjupriug) sins, and the miseries arising from them.
28. ’E yQpot) enemies. Therefore the obstinacy of the Jews ought not to be alleged to the prejudice of their conversion. Moreover, they are called enemies, in an active sense ; presently [by and by] they shall be called beloved in a passive sense (both in respect of God, not merely, of Paul) ; the evil is to be imputed to man ; the good proceeds from God. So also mercy
1 Thus the Vulg. makes audiazrou depend on cL%^ig o5, donee , “ until the fulness of the Gentiles shall come in, and until all Israel shall thus be saved.,, —Ed.
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