9:6 It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel, 1
“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 “For not all those who are from Israel are Israel.”
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.