Matthew Poole and continuators on Romans 9:29

29. And as Esaias said before Except the Lord of sabaoth had left us a seed , we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha

In Isa. 1.9.

Or of Hosts: The Mighty God, whose Host all Creatures are, which Execute his Will, as Souldiers the Will of their Commander.

He means by a Seed, the same that he meant before by a Remnant; a small number. These were left as a little Seed, out of a great heap of Corn; that which is chosen, and left for Seed, is little in comparison of the whole Crop.

i. e. Utterly wasted and destroyed as they were, Ier. 50.40.

Marginal references: Lam. 3.22.; Isa. 13.19.