Romans 9:26

Romans 9:26. And it shall come to pass, etc. This is the latter half of Hosea 1:10, which is closely connected in thought with the other passage. The only variation from the LXX. is the strengthening of ‘also' into ‘there,' a word supplied in Italics in the E. V. of the prophecy.

In the place, etc. Some have thought that the prophet meant Palestine (Samaria), to which the ten tribes returned. This makes Paul's application of this part of the prophecy purely typical. Lange, more correctly, finds in Hosea 1:11 a proof that the expression of the prophet denotes the stay of the Jews in the Gentile world. Others explain the phrase as referring generally to the heathen world; some, as meaning the Christian Church, the ideal state, etc.