few in number: In the seige of Jerusalem there died 1,100,000 persons, and more than 90,000 were carried captive; and, having afterwards provoked the Romans by their crimes and rebellions, they persecuted them nearly to extirpation; to which, if the tens of thousands which were slaughtered year after year in every country be added, it appears wonderful that there were any remains left. Deuteronomy 4:27; Leviticus 26:22; 2 Kings 13:7, 2 Kings 24:14; Nehemiah 7:4; Isaiah 1:9, Isaiah 24:6; Jeremiah 42:2; Jeremiah 52:28-30; Mark 13:20; Romans 9:27-29
as the stars: Deuteronomy 10:22; Nehemiah 9:23; Romans 9:27