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27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, ‘Though the number of the children of Israel were like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved; 28 for the Lord will execute his sentence on the earth quickly and decisively.’[a] 29 And as Isaiah predicted,

‘If the Lord of hosts had not left survivors[b] to us,
    we would have fared like Sodom
    and been made like Gomorrah.’

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:28 Other ancient authorities read for he will finish his work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make the sentence shortened on the earth
  2. Romans 9:29 Or descendants; Gk seed

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