“Unless the Lord Almighty^(A)
    had left us descendants,
we would have become like Sodom,
    we would have been like Gomorrah.”^[a](B)

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

¹¹ “I overthrew some of you
    as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.^(A)
You were like a burning stick^(B) snatched from the fire,
    yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.^(C)

¹⁹ Babylon,^(A) the jewel of kingdoms,^(B)
    the pride and glory^(C) of the Babylonians,^[a]
will be overthrown^(D) by God
    like Sodom and Gomorrah.^(E)

⁴⁰ As I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah^(A)
    along with their neighboring towns,”
declares the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
    no people will dwell in it.^(B)

¹⁸ As Sodom^(A) and Gomorrah^(B) were overthrown,
    along with their neighboring towns,”
says the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
    no people will dwell^(C) in it.