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29 As Isaiah prophesied,

If the Lord of the heavenly forces had not left descendants for us,
    we would have been like Sodom,
    and we would have become like Gomorrah.[a]

Israel and God’s righteousness

30 So what are we going to say? Gentiles who weren’t striving for righteousness achieved righteousness, the righteousness that comes from faith. 31 But though Israel was striving for a Law of righteousness, they didn’t arrive.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:29 Isa 1:9

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