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28 for He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness,
    because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth.”Isaiah 10:22-23

29 As Isaiah has said before,

“Unless the Lord of Armies[a] had left us a seed,
    we would have become like Sodom,
    and would have been made like Gomorrah.”Isaiah 1:9

30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;

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  1. 9:29 Greek: Sabaoth (for Hebrew: Tze’va’ot)

28 For the Lord will carry out
    his sentence on earth with speed and finality.”[a](A)

29 It is just as Isaiah said previously:

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

Israel’s Unbelief

30 What then shall we say?(D) That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;(E)

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Footnotes

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