en_tn/rom/09/27.md

## Isaiah ##

(See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

## cries out ##

"calls out"

## as the sand of the sea ##

too many to count (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

## will be saved ##

Saved is used in a spiritual sense. If a person has been “saved,” it means that through Jesus' death on the cross, God has forgiven him and rescued him from being punished for his sin.

## word ##

“word” refers to everything God has said or commanded.

## us…we ##

Here these words refer to Isaiah and include the Israelites. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-inclusive]])

## we would have become like Sodom, and have been made like Gomorrah ##

You can make more explicit how the Israelites would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah: "we would have all been destroyed, like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed" (UDB). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])