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Isaiah 1:9 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Unless the LORD of Armies had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom. We would have been like Gomorrah. "

Isaiah 1:9

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7 Your country is desolate. Your cities are burned with fire. Strangers devour your land in your presence and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

8 The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a field of melons, like a besieged city.

9 Unless the LORD of Armies had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom. We would have been like Gomorrah.

10 Hear the LORD’s word, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

11 “What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?”, says the LORD. “I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed animals. I don’t delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.

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Romans 9:29

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"As Isaiah has said before, “Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.”"

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Zephaniah 2:9

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"Therefore, as I live, says the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of my people will plunder them, and the survivors of my nation will inherit them."

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Jeremiah 49:18

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"As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbor cities,” says the LORD, “no man will dwell there, neither will any son of man live therein."

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"The LORD said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,"

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Jeremiah 50:40

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"As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbor cities,” says the LORD, “so no man will dwell there, neither will any son of man live therein."

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Genesis 13:13

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"Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against the LORD."

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Isaiah 1:1

"The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah."

Isaiah 1:2

"Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for the LORD has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children and they have rebelled against me."

Isaiah 1:3

"The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib; but Israel doesn’t know. My people don’t consider.”"

Isaiah 1:4

"Ah sinful nation, a people loaded with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged and backward."

Isaiah 1:5

"Why should you be beaten more, that you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint."

Isaiah 1:6

"From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it, but wounds, welts, and open sores. They haven’t been closed, bandaged, or soothed with oil."

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