23. And in order that He might make known the wealth of His kavod (glory) on vessels which are objects of Hashem's chaninah (mercy, free grace) which He prepared beforehand for kavod? [8:29-30]
24. By which I mean us, whom also He called, not only from the Yehudim but also from the non-Jews,
25. As it says in Hoshea, V'AMARTI L'LO AMMI AMI ATAH ("And I will call the 'not my people' my people" HOSHEA 2:25 [23]) and the 'not loved' loved;
26. "And it shall be in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' there they shall be called B'NEI EL CHAI ("sons of the living G-d-HOSHEA 2:1)"
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),
28. For Hashem will complete and cut short and will perform His Word on the earth [YESHAYAH 10:22-23].
29. And as Yeshayah said beforehand, "Except Adonoi Tzvaot had left us SARID KIM'AT ("some survivors" (Ro 9:7), we would have become like S'dom and we would have been the same as Amora" [YESHAYAH 1:9].