Word failed (vs. 6)? Not only has God not failed to fulfill His Word, but He has fulfilled it through both the active hardening and “mercying” of Israelites to the benefit of all the nations of the earth, as was the original promise made to Abraham. The apostle once again turns to Scripture to make his case. Romans 9:25–26 As he says in Hosea: I will call them my people who are not my people; and I will call her my loved one who is not my loved one, and, In the very place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be called children of the living God.
