Isaiah 1:9

If Yahweh of hosts had not left for us a small remnant, 1 we would have been like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah. 1

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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.

In Context

8The daughter of Zion is left like a hut in a vineyard, 1 like a shed in a garden of cucumbers, like a besieged city. 1

10Hear the word of Yahweh, you rulers of Sodom; 1 listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah: 1

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Cross References

Genesis 18:32He said, “Please do not be angry, Lord, and I will speak this one last time. Perhaps ten will be found there.” Then he said, “I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.”

Deuteronomy 29:23and when they see that the whole land has become sulfur and burning salt, where nothing is sown or bears fruit, where no vegetation grows, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, that Yahweh destroyed in his anger and wrath—

Isaiah 6:13Even if a tenth of the people remain in it, it will again be destroyed; 1 as a terebinth or an oak is cut down and whose trunk remains, 1 the holy seed is in its stump.”

Isaiah 17:6Gleanings will be left, however, as when the olive tree is shaken: 1 two or three olives in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the highest branches of a fruitful tree—this is the declaration of Yahweh, the God of Israel. 1

Isaiah 24:13For this is how it will be on the whole earth among the nations, 1 as when an olive tree is beaten, as the gleanings when the grape harvest is done. 1

Isaiah 37:31The remnant of the house of Judah that survives will again take root and bear fruit. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 1:3-10

The Degeneracy of Israel; The Sinfulness of Israel; The Sufferings of Israel. ( b. c. 738.) 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. 3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. 4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord , they have provoked the Holy One of… Read the whole commentary →

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