Romans 9:27
Yeshayah proclaims concerning Yisroel, Even if the number of the Bnei Yisroel are as the sand of the sea, only the She'erit (Remnant) will return (be saved),
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28For Hashem will complete and cut short and will perform His Word on the earth. + 9:28 Isa 10:22-23
Cross References
Ezra 9:8And now for a little space grace hath been shown from Hashem Eloheinu, to leave us to escape a she'ar (remnant), and to give us a peg in his Makom Kodesh, that Eloheinu may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
Isaiah 1:1The chazon (vision) of Yeshayah ben Amotz, which he saw concerning Yehudah and Yerushalayim in the yamim of Uziyahu, Yotam, Achaz, and Yechizkiyahu, melachim of Yehudah. 1
Isaiah 10:20And it shall come to pass in Yom Hahu, that the remnant of Yisroel, and such as are escaped of Bais Ya'akov, shall no longer lean upon him that smote them; but shall lean upon Hashem Kadosh Yisroel be'emes.
Isaiah 24:13When thus it shall be in the midst of HaAretz 1 among the nations, there shall be as the shaking of a zayit (olive tree), 1 and as the olelot (gleanings) when the grape harvest is done. 1
Ezekiel 6:8Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the cherev among the Goyim, when ye shall be scattered among the countries.
Micah 5:3And He + 5:3 Moshiach shall stand and shall shepherd in the strength of Hashem, 1 in the majesty of the Shem of Hashem Elohav, 1 and they + 5:3 Bnei Yisroel shall live; 1 for then shall He + 5:3 Moshiach be great unto the ends of ha'aretz. 1
Matthew Henry on Romans 9:26-30
Conversion of the Gentiles. ( a. d. 58.) 25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. 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 the children of the living God. 27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: 28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in… Read the whole commentary →