27 But Isaiah cries out concerning Israel,

Though the number of Israelites
is like the sand of the sea,(A)
only the remnant will be saved;(B)
28 since the Lord will execute his sentence
completely and decisively on the earth.[a][b] (C)

29 And just as Isaiah predicted:

If the Lord of Armies had not left us offspring,(D)
we would have become like Sodom,
and we would have been made like Gomorrah.[c](E)

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Footnotes

  1. 9:28 Or land
  2. 9:27–28 Is 10:22–23; 28:22; Hs 1:10
  3. 9:29 Is 1:9

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