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[a] upon the earth.”[b]

29 And just as Isaiah foretold,

“If the Lord of hosts had not left us descendants,
    we would have become like Sodom
        and would have resembled Gomorrah.”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:28 Literally “for the Lord will act, closing the account and cutting short”
  2. Romans 9:28 A paraphrased quotation from Isa 10:22–23
  3. Romans 9:29 A quotation from Isa 1:9

27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:

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

29 It is just as Isaiah said previously:

“Unless the Lord Almighty(D)
    had left us descendants,
we would have become like Sodom,
    we would have been like Gomorrah.”[b](E)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:28 Isaiah 10:22,23 (see Septuagint)
  2. Romans 9:29 Isaiah 1:9