Romans 9:27-29 And Isaiah cries aloud concerning Israel, "THOUGH THE NUMBER OF THE SONS OF ISRAEL BE LIKE THE SANDS OF THE SEA, ONLY A REMNANT OF THEM SHALL BE SAVED;

WNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁷ And Isaiah cries aloud concerning Israel, "THOUGH THE NUMBER OF THE SONS OF ISRAEL BE LIKE THE SANDS OF THE SEA, ONLY A REMNANT OF THEM SHALL BE SAVED; ²⁸ FOR THE LORD WILL HOLD A RECKONING UPON THE EARTH, MAKING IT EFFICACIOUS AND BRIEF." ²⁹ Even as Isaiah says in an earlier place, "WERE IT NOT THAT THE LORD, THE GOD OF HOSTS, HAD LEFT US SOME FEW DESCENDANTS, WE SHOULD HAVE BECOME LIKE SODOM, AND HAVE COME TO RESEMBLE GOMORRAH."