~ be as the sand ~ 23_ISA_10_22  For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, [yet] a remnant of them shall return, the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness. #, 28_HOS_01_10  Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not my people, [there] it shall be said unto them, [Ye are] the sons of the living God. #, 45_ROM_09_27  Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved, #,