24. namely, us whom he has called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles.
25. As indeed he says in Hosea:“Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’
26. And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’there they shall be called children of the living God.”
27. And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the Israelites were like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will be saved;
28. for decisively and quickly will the Lord execute sentence upon the earth.”
29. And as Isaiah predicted:“Unless the Lord of hosts had left us descendants,we would have become like Sodomand have been made like Gomorrah.”
30. What then shall we say? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have achieved it, that is, righteousness that comes from faith;
31. but that Israel, who pursued the law of righteousness, did not attain to that law?
32. Why not? Because they did it not by faith, but as if it could be done by works. They stumbled over the stone that causes stumbling,
33. as it is written:“Behold, I am laying a stone in Zionthat will make people stumbleand a rock that will make them fall,and whoever believes in him shall not be put to shame.”