Isaiah 1:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Isaiah 1:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Isaiah 1:9 in 6 Bible Translations

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Isaiah 1:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Unless Yahweh 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 — World English Bible

Isaiah 1:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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. ”

Isaiah 1:9 — American Standard Version

Isaiah 1:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Unless Jehovah of Hosts had left to us a remnant, Shortly--as Sodom we had been, To Gomorrah we had been like!”

Isaiah 1:9 — Young's Literal Translation

Isaiah 1:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Unless Jehovah of hosts had left us a very small residue, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah. ”

Isaiah 1:9 — Darby Translation

Isaiah 1:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Except the Lord of hostes had reserued vnto vs, euen a small remnant: we should haue bene as Sodom, and should haue bene like vnto Gomorah.”

Isaiah 1:9 — Geneva Bible

Isaiah 1:9 in Context — Isaiah 1

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

8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

9 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.

10 Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

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What Does Isaiah 1:9 Mean?

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