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Romans 9:27–29

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27Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel:

n“Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea,

oThe remnant will be saved.

28For 2He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness,

pBecause the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”

29And as Isaiah said before:

q“Unless the Lord of 3Sabaoth had left us a seed,

rWe would have become like Sodom,

And we would have been made like Gomorrah.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2NU the Lord will finish the work and cut it short upon the earth
  2. 3Lit., in Heb., Hosts

Cross references

  1. nIs. 10:22, 23
  2. oRom. 11:5
  3. pIs. 10:23; 28:22
  4. qIs. 1:9
  5. rDeut. 29:23; Is. 13:19; Jer. 49:18; 50:40; Amos 4:11

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved, for the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay.” And as Isaiah predicted,

“If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring,

we would have been like Sodom

and become like Gomorrah.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:

“Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea,

only the remnant will be saved.

For the Lord will carry out

his sentence on earth with speed and finality.”

It is just as Isaiah said previously:

“Unless the Lord Almighty

had left us descendants,

we would have become like Sodom,

we would have been like Gomorrah.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But Isaiah cries out concerning Israel,

Though the number of Israelites

is like the sand of the sea,

only the remnant will be saved;

since the Lord will execute his sentence

completely and decisively on the earth.

And just as Isaiah predicted:

If the Lord of Hosts had not left us offspring,

we would have become like Sodom,

and we would have been made like Gomorrah.

NLTNew Living Translation

And concerning Israel, Isaiah the prophet cried out,

“Though the people of Israel are as numerous as the sand of the seashore,

only a remnant will be saved.

For the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth

quickly and with finality.”

And Isaiah said the same thing in another place:

“If the Lord of Heaven’s Armies

had not spared a few of our children,

we would have been wiped out like Sodom,

destroyed like Gomorrah.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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,

for the Lord will execute his sentence thoroughly and decisively upon the earth.”

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.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.