The LORD replied, “If I find fifty good people in Sodom, I will save the city to keep them from being killed.”
The LORD said to himself, “I should tell Abraham what I am going to do,
Israel will join with these two countries. They will be a blessing to everyone on earth,
If only a tenth of the people are left, even they will be destroyed. But just as stumps remain after trees have been cut down, some of my chosen ones will be left.
Here is what the LORD says: A cluster of grapes that produces wine is worth keeping! So, because of my servants, I won't destroy everyone.
“Search Jerusalem for honest people who try to be faithful. If you can find even one, I'll forgive the whole city.
I looked for someone to defend the city and to protect it from my anger, as well as to stop me from destroying it. But I found no one.
If God doesn't make the time shorter, no one will be left alive. But because of God's chosen ones, he will make the time shorter.