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Unless the Lord of Armies[a] had left us a small surviving remnant,
we would have been like Sodom;
we would have become just like Gomorrah.

The Lord’s Proclamation

10 Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom!
Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
11     What do your many sacrifices mean to me? says the Lord.
    I have more than enough rams as burnt offerings
    and enough fat from well-fed animals.
    I am not pleased with the blood of bulls
    or the blood of lambs and male goats.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:9 Traditionally Lord of Hosts or Lord Sebaoth. The armies that God rules are the stars and the angels.

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

10 Hear the word of the Lord,(C)
    you rulers of Sodom;(D)
listen to the instruction(E) of our God,
    you people of Gomorrah!(F)
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;(G)
I have no pleasure(H)
    in the blood of bulls(I) and lambs and goats.(J)

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