Isaiæ 31:37

Nova Vulgata

Haec dicit Dominus: "Si mensurari potuerint caeli sursum, et investigari fundamenta terrae deorsum, et ego abiciam universum semen Israel propter omnia, quae fecerunt, dicit Dominus.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Hæc dicit Dominus : Si mensurari potuerint cæli sursum, et investigari fundamenta terræ deorsum, et ego abjiciam universum semen Israël, propter omnia quæ fecerunt, dicit Dominus.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Hæc dicit Dominus:
Si mensurari potuerint cæli sursum,
et investigari fundamenta terræ deorsum,
et ego abjiciam universum semen Israël,
propter omnia quæ fecerunt, dicit Dominus.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

If: Jeremiah 33:22, Job 11:7-9, Psalms 89:2, Proverbs 30:4, Isaiah 40:12

I: Jeremiah 30:11, Jeremiah 33:24-26, Jeremiah 46:28, Romans 11:2-5, Romans 11:26-29

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 17:20 - all the seed 2 Kings 23:27 - out of my sight Job 38:18 - General Psalms 18:15 - foundations Psalms 74:1 - O God Jeremiah 33:26 - will I Jeremiah 51:5 - though Lamentations 3:31 - General Micah 6:2 - foundations Romans 11:1 - Hath God

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus saith the Lord, if heaven above can be measured,.... Either the space between the highest heavens and the earth; or the extent of the heavens, from one end of them to the other, which cannot be done by man; so the Targum,

"as it is impossible that man should know the measure of the heavens above;''

otherwise it is measured by the Lord, for he hath "meted out heaven with a span", Isaiah 40:12;

and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath: so as to be known what they are, or on what they are fastened, since the earth is hung upon nothing, Job 38:6;

I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the Lord; as the former cannot be, so neither the latter; when there was a very great rejection of the Jews for their disbelief of the Messiah, they were not all cast off; the Apostle Paul was an instance to the contrary, and so were others: "the remnant according to the election of grace"; and there is a time coming when all Israel shall be saved, Romans 11:5; nor shall any of the spiritual Israel be cast off by him, or cast away from him, so as to perish; the Israel, whom God foreknew, is chosen, redeemed, and whom he calls by his grace; no, not for all the sins and transgressions they have been guilty of, however they may deserve it. The reasons are, because of his unchangeable love to them; his unalterable covenant with them; the satisfaction his son has made for them; and the free and full pardon of their sins, which he has granted to them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

All the seed - Unworthy members of Israel may be cast away, but the race shall never entirely cease to exist.