“And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:”
As it is written: "The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob." — Isaiah 59:20-21 (with modification) envisions the redeemer's arrival from Zion, a messianic convergence. The deliverer (rhyomenos, rescuer) will turn away (apostrephō) ungodliness from Jacob—not external restoration but internal transformation, ethical and spiritual redemption.
Church Fathers on Romans 11:26
“There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.” Isaiah 59:20 Then to give the mark that fixes its sense to salvation, to prevent any one from drawing it aside and attaching it to times gone by, he says,
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