^{27 Ref} And Isaiah says about Israel, Even if the number of the children of Israel is as the sand of the sea, only a small part will get salvation:

^{28 Ref} For the Lord will give effect to his word on the earth, putting an end to it and cutting it short.

^{29 Ref} And, as Isaiah had said before, If the Lord of armies had not given us a seed, we would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah.