Isaiah 1:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Zion would have disappeared like Sodom and Gomorrah, if the LORD All-Powerful had not let a few of its people survive.

Cross References

Genesis 18:26

The LORD replied, “If I find fifty good people in Sodom, I will save the city to keep them from being killed.”

Genesis 18:32

Finally, Abraham said, “Please don't get angry, LORD, if I speak just once more. Suppose you find only ten good people there.” “For the sake of ten good people,” the LORD told him, “I still won't destroy the city.”

Genesis 19:24

and the LORD sent burning sulphur down like rain on Sodom and Gomorrah.

1 Kings 19:18

But seven thousand Israelites have refused to worship Baal, and they will live.

2 Kings 19:4

Please pray for those of us who are left alive. The king of Assyria sent his army commander to insult the living God. Perhaps the LORD heard what he said and will do something, if you will pray.

Isaiah 1:8

Enemies surround Jerusalem, alone like a hut in a vineyard or in a cucumber field.

Isaiah 11:11

When that day comes, the Lord will again reach out his mighty arm and bring home his people who have survived in Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the land along the coast.

Isaiah 11:16

Then for his people who survive, there will be a good road from Assyria, just as there was a good road for their ancestors when they left Egypt.

Isaiah 17:6

It will be like an olive tree beaten with a stick, leaving two or three olives or perhaps four or five on the highest or most fruitful branches. The LORD God of Israel has promised this.

Isaiah 24:13

Nations will be stripped bare, like olive trees or vineyards after the harvest season.

Isaiah 24:6

The earth is under a curse; its people are dying out because of their sins.

Isaiah 37:4

Please pray for those of us who are left alive. The king of Assyria sent his army commander to insult the living God. Perhaps the LORD heard what he said and will do something, if you will pray.

Isaiah 46:3

You survivors in Israel, listen to me, the LORD. Since the day you were born, I have carried you along.

Isaiah 6:13

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.

Isaiah 65:8

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.

Jeremiah 23:14

And you prophets in Jerusalem are even worse. You're unfaithful in marriage and never tell the truth. You even lead others to sin instead of helping them turn back to me. You and the people of Jerusalem are evil like Sodom and Gomorrah.

Jeremiah 42:2

and said, “Please pray to the LORD your God for us. Judah used to have many people, but as you can see, only a few of us are left.

Jeremiah 50:20

I will rescue a few people from Israel and Judah. I will forgive them so completely that their sin and guilt will disappear, never to be found.

Lamentations 3:22

The LORD's kindness never fails! If he had not been merciful, we would have been destroyed.

Lamentations 4:6

My nation was punished worse than the people of Sodom, whose city was destroyed in a flash without the help of human hands.

Ezekiel 14:22

And those who survive will be taken from their country and led here to Babylonia. Ezekiel, when you see how sinful they are, you will know why I did all these things to Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 6:8

I will let some of the people live through this punishment, but I will scatter them among the nations,

Joel 2:32

Then the LORD will save everyone who faithfully worships him. He has promised there will be survivors on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and among them will be his chosen ones.

Amos 4:11

I destroyed many of you, just as I did the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. You were a burning stick I rescued from the fire. Even then you rejected me. I, the LORD, have spoken!

Habakkuk 3:2

I know your reputation, LORD, and I am amazed at what you have done. Please turn from your anger and be merciful; do for us what you did for our ancestors.

Matthew 7:14

But the gate to life is very narrow. The road that leads there is so hard to follow that only a few people find it.

Romans 9:27

And this is what the prophet Isaiah said about the people of Israel, “The people of Israel are as many as the grains of sand along the beach. But only a few who are left will be saved.

Romans 9:29

Isaiah also said, “If the Lord All-Powerful had not spared some of our descendants, we would have been destroyed like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.”

Deuteronomy 29:23

has become a scorching desert of salt and sulphur, where nothing is planted, nothing sprouts, and nothing grows. It will be as lifeless as the land around the cities of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, after the LORD became angry and destroyed them.

2 Peter 2:6

God punished the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and this is a warning to anyone else who wants to sin.

Revelation 11:8

Their bodies will be left lying in the streets of the same great city where their Lord was nailed to a cross. And that city is spiritually like the city of Sodom or the country of Egypt.