Rom 9:29 | JFB | e4.org | 29. And as Esaias said —"hath said" before —that is, probably in an earlier part of his book, namely, . Except the Lord of Sabaoth —that is, "The Lord of Hosts": the word is Hebrew, but occurs so in the Epistle of James ( ), and has thence become naturalized in our Christian phraseology. had left us a seed —meaning a "remnant"; small at first, but in due time to be a seed of plenty (compare ). we had been —"become" as Sodom, &c.—But for this precious seed, the chosen people would have resembled the cities of the plain, both in degeneracy of character and in merited doom.

‏ Romans 9:29

29. And as Esaias said—"hath said"

before—that is, probably in an earlier part of his book, namely, Isa 1:9.

Except the Lord of Sabaoth—that is, "The Lord of Hosts": the word is Hebrew, but occurs so in the Epistle of James (Jas 5:4), and has thence become naturalized in our Christian phraseology.

had left us a seed—meaning a "remnant"; small at first, but in due time to be a seed of plenty (compare Ps 22:30, 31; Isa 6:12, 13).

we had been—"become"

as Sodom, &c.—But for this precious seed, the chosen people would have resembled the cities of the plain, both in degeneracy of character and in merited doom.