9Unless the Lord Almighty had left us some survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.


In Context

6 From the sole of your foot to the top of your head there is no soundness- only wounds and welts and open sores, not cleansed or bandaged or soothed with oil.

7 Your country is desolate, your cities burned with fire; your fields are being stripped by foreigners right before you, laid waste as when 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 city under siege.

9 Unless the Lord Almighty had left us some survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.

10 Hear the word of the Lord , you rulers of Sodom; listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

11 "The multitude of your sacrifices- what are they to me?" says the Lord . "I have more than enough of burnt offerings, of rams and the fat of fattened animals; I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.

Isaiah 1:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:9Except 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9Unless Jehovah of hosts had left us a very small residue, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:9Except the Lord of hosts had left us seed, we had been as Sodom, and we should have been like to Gomorrha.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:9Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:9Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9Except the LORD of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom; we should have been like Gomorrah.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9Unless Yahweh of Armies had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom; we would have been like Gomorrah.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9Unless Jehovah of Hosts had left to us a remnant, Shortly — as Sodom we had been, To Gomorrah we had been like!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:9Except the LORD of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like to Gomorrah.