What is the meaning of Romans 9:29?

* The two F.O.G. Bibles & Commentary below are currently a work in progress.

It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

As Isaiah has said before, “Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.”

World English Bible (WEB)

And{G2532} as{G2531} Esaias{G2268} said before{G4280}{(G5758)}, Except{G1508} the Lord{G2962} of Sabaoth{G4519} had left{G1459}{(G5627)} us{G2254} a seed{G4690}, we had been{G302}{G1096}{(G5675)} as{G5613} Sodoma{G4670}, and{G2532} been made like{G302}{G3666}{(G5681)} unto{G5613} Gomorrha{G1116}.

Strong's King James

Just as Isaiah told beforehand, "UNLESS YAHWEH-TZVA'OT HAD LEFT US A SEED, WE WOULD HAVE BECOME LIKE SODOM AND BEEN MADE LIKE GOMORRAH."

The F.O.G*

[29] As Isaiah previously warned: "If יהוה of Heaven's Armies hadn't preserved a small remnant, we would have been completely wiped out like Sodom, destroyed like Gomorrah."

The F.O.G Paraphrase

and according as Isaiah saith before, ‘Except the Lord of Sabaoth did leave to us a seed, as Sodom we had become, and as Gomorrah we had been made like.’

Young's Literal Translation