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.

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

² tn Heb “as he has commanded us” (so NIV, NRSV).

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

⁴ tn Heb “the excavation of the hole.”

⁵ sn The “rock” and “quarry” refer here to Abraham and Sarah, the progenitors of the nation.

⁶ tn Grk “they have a zeal for God.”

⁷ tn Grk “in accord with knowledge.”

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).