Isaiah

Isaiah 1:9

9Unless the LORD of Hosts

had left us a few survivors,a

we would have become like Sodom,

we would have resembled Gomorrah.b

Footnotes

  • a 1:9 LXX had left us descendants
  • b 1:9 Cited in Romans 9:29|ROM 9:29

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Unlessלוּלֵי֙lū·lêConjunctionH3884 if not, unless
the LORDיְהוָ֣הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
of Hostsצְבָא֔וֹתṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯNoun - common pluralH6635 army, war, warfare
had leftהוֹתִ֥ירhō·w·ṯîrVerb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singularH3498 remain over
usלָ֛נוּlā·nūPreposition; first person common plural
a fewכִּמְעָ֑טkim·‘āṭPreposition-k; Adjective - masculine singularH4592 a little, fewness, a few
survivorsשָׂרִ֖ידśā·rîḏNoun - masculine singularH8300 survivor
we would have becomeהָיִ֔ינוּhā·yî·nūVerb - Qal - Perfect - first person common pluralH1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
like Sodomכִּסְדֹ֣םkis·ḏōmPreposition-k; Noun - proper - feminine singularH5467 Sodom
we would have resembledדָּמִֽינוּ׃סdā·mî·nūVerb - Qal - Perfect - first person common pluralH1819 be like, resemble
Gomorrahלַעֲמֹרָ֖הla·‘ă·mō·rāhPreposition-l; Noun - proper - feminine singularH6017 Gomorrah

Cross-references

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

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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.