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Isaiah 1:9
International Children’s Bible
Isaiah 1:9
International Children’s Bible
9 The Lord of heaven’s armies
allowed a few of our people to live.
Otherwise we would have been completely destroyed
like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Isaiah 1:9
Contemporary English Version
Isaiah 1:9
Contemporary English Version
9 (A) Zion would have disappeared
like Sodom and Gomorrah,[a]
if the Lord All-Powerful
had not let a few
of its people survive.
Footnotes
- 1.9 Sodom and Gomorrah: Two ancient cities of Palestine that God destroyed because the people were so wicked (see Genesis 19.1-29).
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