Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Unless the LORD Almighty had left us some survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah. New Living Translation If the LORD of Heaven’s Armies had not spared a few of us, we would have been wiped out like Sodom, destroyed like Gomorrah. English Standard Version If the LORD of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah. Berean Standard Bible Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah. King James Bible Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. New King James Version Unless the LORD of hosts Had left to us a very small remnant, We would have become like Sodom, We would have been made like Gomorrah. New American Standard Bible If the LORD of armies Had not left us a few survivors, We would be like Sodom, We would be like Gomorrah. NASB 1995 Unless the LORD of hosts Had left us a few survivors, We would be like Sodom, We would be like Gomorrah. NASB 1977 Unless the LORD of hosts Had left us a few survivors, We would be like Sodom, We would be like Gomorrah. Legacy Standard Bible Unless Yahweh of hosts Had left us a few survivors, We would be like Sodom, We would be like Gomorrah. Amplified Bible If the LORD of hosts Had not left us a few survivors, We would be like Sodom, We would be like Gomorrah. Christian Standard Bible If the LORD of Armies had not left us a few survivors, we would be like Sodom, we would resemble Gomorrah. Holman Christian Standard Bible If the LORD of Hosts had not left us a few survivors, we would be like Sodom, we would resemble Gomorrah. American Standard Version Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah. Contemporary English Version Zion would have disappeared like Sodom and Gomorrah, if the LORD All-Powerful had not let a few of its people survive. English Revised Version Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah. GOD'S WORD® Translation If the LORD of Armies hadn't left us a few survivors, we would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah. Good News Translation If the LORD Almighty had not let some of the people survive, Jerusalem would have been totally destroyed, just as Sodom and Gomorrah were. International Standard Version If the Lord of the Heavenly Armies hadn't left us a few survivors, we would be like Sodom; we would be like Gomorrah. Majority Standard Bible Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah. NET Bible If the LORD who commands armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly become like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah. New Heart English Bible Unless the LORD of hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have been as Sodom, and we would have been like Gomorrah. Webster's Bible Translation Except the LORD of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom; we should have been like Gomorrah. World English Bible Unless Yahweh of Armies had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom. We would have been like Gomorrah. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionUnless YHWH of Hosts had left a remnant to us, "" Shortly—we had been as Sodom, "" We had been like to Gomorrah! Young's Literal Translation Unless Jehovah of Hosts had left to us a remnant, Shortly -- as Sodom we had been, To Gomorrah we had been like! Smith's Literal Translation Unless Jehovah of armies left to us an escaping so small, we were as Sodom and we were made like to Gomorrah. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleExcept the Lord of hosts had left us seed, we had been as Sodom, and we should have been like to Gomorrha. Catholic Public Domain Version If the Lord of hosts had not bequeathed us offspring, we would have been like Sodom, and we would have been comparable to Gomorrah. New American Bible If the LORD of hosts had not left us a small remnant, We would have become as Sodom, would have resembled Gomorrah. New Revised Standard Version If the LORD of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we would have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleExcept the LORD of hosts had left to us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and we should have been like Gomorrah. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And if LORD JEHOVAH of hosts had not left to us a survivor, we would have been as Sadom and we would have been like Amora OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Except the LORD of hosts Had left unto us a very small remnant, We should have been as Sodom, We should have been like unto Gomorrah. Brenton Septuagint Translation And if the Lord of Sabaoth had not left us a seed, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been made like Gomorrha. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Judah's Rebellion…8And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged. 9Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah. Cross References Romans 9:29 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.” Genesis 19:24-25 Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens. / Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground. Lamentations 3:22 Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. Deuteronomy 29:23 All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger. Amos 4:11 “Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. 2 Peter 2:6 if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly; Jude 1:7 In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire. Matthew 11:23-24 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. / But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.” Luke 17:28-30 It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. / But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. / It will be just like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed. Genesis 18:32 Finally, Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?” And He answered, “On account of the ten, I will not destroy it.” Jeremiah 50:40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there. Ezekiel 16:49-50 Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy. / Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen. Zephaniah 2:9 Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.” Isaiah 13:19 And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. Hosea 11:8 How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred! Treasury of Scripture Except the LORD of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like to Gomorrah. left Lamentations 3:22 It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. Habakkuk 3:2 O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. Romans 9:29 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. a very Isaiah 6:13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. Isaiah 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. Isaiah 17:6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel. we should Genesis 18:26,32 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes… Genesis 19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; Deuteronomy 29:23 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: Jump to Previous Almighty Armies Except Fate Few Gomorrah Gomor'rah Hosts Kept Least Remnant Safe Shortly Small Sodom Survivors UnlessJump to Next Almighty Armies Except Fate Few Gomorrah Gomor'rah Hosts Kept Least Remnant Safe Shortly Small Sodom Survivors UnlessIsaiah 1 1. Isaiah complains of Judah for her rebellion5. He laments her judgments 10. He upbraids their whole service 16. He exhorts to repentance, with promises and threats 21. Bewailing their wickedness, he denounces God's judgments 25. He promises grace 28. And threatens destruction to the wicked Unless the LORD of Hosts The phrase "LORD of Hosts" is a translation of the Hebrew "Yahweh Sabaoth," which emphasizes God's supreme command over the heavenly armies and His sovereign power over all creation. This title underscores God's authority and His ability to protect and preserve His people. In the context of Isaiah, it serves as a reminder of God's covenant faithfulness and His role as the ultimate protector of Israel, even amidst their rebellion and sin. had left us a few survivors we would have become like Sodom we would have resembled Gomorrah We should have been as Sodom . . .--Here the prophet, continuing perhaps the thought of Isaiah 1:7, speaks of the destruction, in the next verse of the guilt, of the cities of the plain. Both had passed into a proverb. So Ezekiel (Ezekiel 16:46-56) works out the parallelism; so our Lord speaks of the guilt of Sodom as being lighter than that of Capernaum (Matthew 11:23); so the tradition has condensed itself in the Arabic proverb, quoted by Cheyne, "More unjust than a kadi of Sodom." (Comp. Isaiah 3:9; Deuteronomy 32:32.) . . . Verse 9. - Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom. Lowth and Cheyne prefer to divide the two clauses differently, and to translate, "Except the Lord of hosts had left us a remnant, within a little we should have been like Sodom." The "remnant" is that of the few godly men who still inhabit Jerusalem. The comparison of Jerusalem with Sodom is made again in Isaiah 3:9, and is carried out at some length by Ezekiel (Ezekiel 16:44-57). It implies a condition of extreme depravity.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Unlessלוּלֵי֙ (lū·lê) Conjunction Strong's 3884: If not, unless the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel of Hosts צְבָא֔וֹת (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ) Noun - common plural Strong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign had left הוֹתִ֥יר (hō·w·ṯîr) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3498: To jut over, exceed, to excel, to remain, be left, to leave, cause to abound, preserve us לָ֛נוּ (lā·nū) Preposition | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew a few כִּמְעָ֑ט (kim·‘āṭ) Preposition-k | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 4592: A little, fewness, a few survivors, שָׂרִ֖יד (śā·rîḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8300: A survivor we would have become הָיִ֔ינוּ (hā·yî·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be like Sodom, כִּסְדֹ֣ם (kis·ḏōm) Preposition-k | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 5467: Sodom -- a Canaanite city near the Dead Sea we would have resembled דָּמִֽינוּ׃ (dā·mî·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural Strong's 1819: To compare, to resemble, liken, consider Gomorrah. לַעֲמֹרָ֖ה (la·‘ă·mō·rāh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 6017: Gomorrah -- a city in the Jordan Valley Links Isaiah 1:9 NIVIsaiah 1:9 NLT Isaiah 1:9 ESV Isaiah 1:9 NASB Isaiah 1:9 KJV Isaiah 1:9 BibleApps.com Isaiah 1:9 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 1:9 Chinese Bible Isaiah 1:9 French Bible Isaiah 1:9 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 1:9 Unless Yahweh of Armies had left (Isa Isi Is) |
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