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Gentiles by nature we belong The same, Rom. 11. 16 17

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 114, under Romans 11:16–17.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 114

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 4 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Romans 11:16–17 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 4 stanzas as Watts printed them, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

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STANZA I

Gentiles by nature we belong

To the wild olive wood;

Grace took us from the barren tree,

And grafts us in the good.

Where Watts found it

Watts printed the hymn under Romans 11:16–17. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

16If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root, ROMANS 11:16–17 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ ROMANS 11

With the same blessings grace endows The Gentile and the Jew; If pure and holy be the root, Such are the branches too. STANZA II

Its place in the book

Book I of the hymn book, “Collected from the Holy Scriptures”, holds these hymns in this order: 179 hymns. This is number 114. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 114 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Gentiles by nature we belong

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