28 (A)for the Lord will execute His word on the earth, [a]thoroughly and [b]quickly.” 29 And just as Isaiah foretold:

(B)If (C)the Lord [c]of armies had not left us [d](D)descendants,
(E)We would have become like Sodom, and would have [e]been like Gomorrah.”

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:28 Lit finishing it
  2. Romans 9:28 Lit cutting it short
  3. Romans 9:29 Gr sabaoth, for Heb tsebaoth (armies)
  4. Romans 9:29 Lit seed
  5. Romans 9:29 Lit been made like

28 For the Lord will carry out
    his sentence on earth with speed and finality.”[a](A)

29 It is just as Isaiah said previously:

“Unless the Lord Almighty(B)
    had left us descendants,
we would have become like Sodom,
    we would have been like Gomorrah.”[b](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:28 Isaiah 10:22,23 (see Septuagint)
  2. Romans 9:29 Isaiah 1:9