Romans 9:27-29

Expanded Bible

“[^LThough] The ·people [^Lchildren; sons] of Israel are numbered
    like the grains of sand ·by [or of] the sea.
But only ·a few of them [the remnant] will be saved,
²⁸     because the Lord will quickly and completely ·punish the people [carry out/execute his sentence; settle his account] on the earth [Is. 10:22–23].”

“If the Lord ·All-Powerful [of Hosts; of Heaven’s Armies]
    had not ·allowed a few of our descendants to live [left us offspring/seed],
We would have become like Sodom
    and would resemble Gomorrah [Is. 1:9; ^COT cities destroyed by God because of their wickedness; Gen. 19].”