23. and that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He did call--us--
24. not only out of Jews, but also out of nations,
25. as also in Hosea He saith, `I will call what [is] not My people--My people; and her not beloved--Beloved,
26. and it shall be--in the place where it was said to them, Ye [are] not My people; there they shall be called sons of the living God.'
27. And Isaiah doth cry concerning Israel, `If the number of the sons of Israel may be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved;
28. for a matter He is finishing, and is cutting short in righteousness, because a matter cut short will the Lord do upon the land.
29. and according as Isaiah saith before, `Except the Lord of Sabaoth did leave to us a seed, as Sodom we had become, and as Gomorrah we had been made like.'