²⁵Concerning the Gentiles, God says in the prophecy of Hosea,“Those who were not my people,I will now call my people.And I will love thosewhom I did not love before.”#9:25 Hos 2:23. ²⁶And,“Then, at the place where they were told,‘You are not my people,’there they will be called‘children of the living God.’”#9:26 Greek sons of the living God. Hos 1:10. ²⁷And concerning Israel, Isaiah the prophet cried out,“Though the people of Israel are as numerous as the sand of the seashore,only a remnant will be saved. ²⁸For the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earthquickly and with finality.”#9:27-28 Isa 10:22-23 (Greek version). ²⁹And Isaiah said the same thing in another place:“If the Lord of Heaven’s Armieshad not spared a few of our children,we would have been wiped out like Sodom,destroyed like Gomorrah.”#9:29 Isa 1:9 (Greek version). ³⁰What does all this mean? Even though the Gentiles were not trying to follow God’s standards, they were made right with God. And it was by faith that this took place.