If the Lord of Armies(A)
had not left us a few survivors,(B)
we would be like Sodom,
we would resemble Gomorrah.(C)

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

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The look on their faces testifies against them,
and like Sodom,(A) they flaunt their sin;
they do not conceal it.
Woe to them,
for they have brought disaster on themselves.(B)

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The look on their faces testifies(A) against them;
    they parade their sin like Sodom;(B)
    they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
    They have brought disaster(C) upon themselves.

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19 And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms,
the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans,
will be like Sodom and Gomorrah
when God overthrew them.(A)

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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)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 13:19 Or Chaldeans

14 Among the prophets of Jerusalem also
I saw a horrible thing:(A)
They commit adultery and walk in lies.
They strengthen the hands of evildoers,
and none turns his back on evil.
They are all like Sodom(B) to me;
Jerusalem’s residents are like Gomorrah.

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14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem
    I have seen something horrible:(A)
    They commit adultery and live a lie.(B)
They strengthen the hands of evildoers,(C)
    so that not one of them turns from their wickedness.(D)
They are all like Sodom(E) to me;
    the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”(F)

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29 And just as Isaiah predicted:

If the Lord of Armies had not left us offspring,(A)
we would have become like Sodom,
and we would have been made like Gomorrah.[a](B)

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  1. 9:29 Is 1:9

29 It is just as Isaiah said previously:

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

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:29 Isaiah 1:9