26 And it will be in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’
    there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”[a]

27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel,

Even if the number of the sons of Israel is like the sand of the sea,
    the remnant will be saved,
28 for the Lord will execute his sentence thoroughly and decisively[b] upon the earth.”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:26 A quotation from Hos 1:10
  2. Romans 9:28 Literally “for the Lord will act, closing the account and cutting short”
  3. Romans 9:28 A paraphrased quotation from Isa 10:22–23

26 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.’”[a](A)

27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:

“Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea,(B)
    only the remnant will be saved.(C)
28 For the Lord will carry out
    his sentence on earth with speed and finality.”[b](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:26 Hosea 1:10
  2. Romans 9:28 Isaiah 10:22,23 (see Septuagint)