9:27 And Isaiah cries out on behalf of Israel, “Though the number of the children 1 of Israel are as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved,
“If the Lord of armies 3 had not left us descendants,
we would have become like Sodom,
and we would have resembled Gomorrah.” 4
1 tn Grk “sons.”
2 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
3 tn Traditionally, “Lord of hosts”; Grk “Lord Sabaoth,” which means “Lord of the [heavenly] armies,” sometimes translated more generally as “Lord Almighty.”
4 sn A quotation from Isa 1:9.
3 sn A quotation from Isa 65:1.
4 sn A quotation from Isa 11:10.