26. And it shall come to pass that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there shall they be called sons of the living God.
27. Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel, Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant shall be saved;
28. when the consumption comes to an end, righteousness shall overflow, because a short sentence will the Lord execute upon the earth.
29. And as Isaiah said before, Except the Lord of the hosts had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom and been made like unto Gomorrha.
30. What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not follow after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, that is to say, the righteousness which is by faith,
31. and Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.
32. Why? Because they followed it not by faith but, as it were, by the works (of the law); therefore, they stumbled on the stumblingstone;
33. as it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock that will cause some to fall, and whosoever believes in him shall not be ashamed.