Romans 9:29-31

New Catholic Bible

²⁹Isaiah had foretold previously:

“If the Lord of hosts
had not left us any descendants,
we would have become like Sodom
and been made like Gomorrah.”

³⁰A Misguided Zeal. What then shall we say? That the Gentiles who did not strive for righteousness have achieved it, that is, righteousness based on faith, ³¹but that Israel, who did strive for righteousness based on the Law, did not succeed in attaining it?