Romans 9:27-29 Now Isaiah cries on behalf of Israel, ‘If the number of the sons of Israel is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved;

MLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁷ Now Isaiah cries on behalf of Israel, ‘If the number of the sons of Israel is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved; ²⁸ for he is completing and cutting-short the word in righteousness because having been cut-short, the Lord will make the word upon the earth.’ ²⁹ And, just-as Isaiah has said before, ‘If the Lord of Hosts did not leave us a seed, we would have become like Sodom and would have been similar to Gomorrah.’