Isaiah

Isaiah 1:9–10

⁹Unless the LORD of Hosts

had left us a few survivors,^a

we would have become like Sodom,

we would have resembled Gomorrah.^b

¹⁰Hear the word of the LORD,

you rulers of Sodom;

listen to the instruction of our God,

you people of Gomorrah!

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Unless	לוּלֵי֙	lū·lê	Conjunction	H3884 if not, unless
the LORD	יְהוָ֣ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
of Hosts	צְבָא֔וֹת	ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ	Noun - common plural	H6635 army, war, warfare
had left	הוֹתִ֥יר	hō·w·ṯîr	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3498 remain over
us	לָ֛נוּ	lā·nū	Preposition; first person common plural
a few	כִּמְעָ֑ט	kim·‘āṭ	Preposition-k; Adjective - masculine singular	H4592 a little, fewness, a few
survivors	שָׂרִ֖יד	śā·rîḏ	Noun - masculine singular	H8300 survivor
we would have become	הָיִ֔ינוּ	hā·yî·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
like Sodom	כִּסְדֹ֣ם	kis·ḏōm	Preposition-k; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H5467 Sodom
we would have resembled	דָּמִֽינוּ׃ס	dā·mî·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H1819 be like, resemble
Gomorrah	לַעֲמֹרָ֖ה	la·‘ă·mō·rāh	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6017 Gomorrah

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Hear	שִׁמְע֥וּ	šim·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H8085 hear
the word	דְבַר־	ḏə·ḇar-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1697 speech, word
of the LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
you rulers	קְצִינֵ֣י	qə·ṣî·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H7101 chief, ruler
of Sodom	סְדֹ֑ם	sə·ḏōm	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H5467 Sodom
listen	הַאֲזִ֛ינוּ	ha·’ă·zî·nū	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural	H238 give ear, listen, hear
to the instruction	תּוֹרַ֥ת	tō·w·raṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H8451 direction, instruction, law
of our God	אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ	’ĕ·lō·hê·nū	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H430 God
you people	עַ֥ם	‘am	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5971 people
of Gomorrah	עֲמֹרָֽה׃	‘ă·mō·rāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6017 Gomorrah

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Isaiah 1:9 Romans 9:29 · Isaiah 37:31–32 · Genesis 19:24 · Lamentations 3:22 · Amos 4:11 · Romans 11:4–6 · Isaiah 10:20–22 · Isaiah 37:4 · Genesis 18:32 · Isaiah 24:13 · Isaiah 17:6 · Isaiah 6:13

Isaiah 1:10 Revelation 11:8 · Isaiah 3:9 · Ezekiel 16:49 · Deuteronomy 32:32 · Genesis 13:13 · Isaiah 28:14 · Isaiah 8:20 · 1 Kings 22:19–23 · Jeremiah 23:14 · Ezekiel 16:46 · Jeremiah 9:26 · Amos 9:7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.