Romans 9:29

New International Reader's Version

Earlier Isaiah had said, “The Lord who rules over all left us children and grandchildren. If he hadn’t, we would have become like Sodom. We would have been like Gomorrah.” (Isaiah 1:9)

Cross References

Isaiah 1:10

Rulers of Sodom, hear the Lord’s message. People of Gomorrah, listen to the instruction of our God.

Isaiah 1:9

The Lord who rules over all has let some people live through that time of trouble. If he hadn’t, we would have become like Sodom. We would have been like Gomorrah.

Isaiah 13:19

The city of Babylon is the jewel of kingdoms. It is the pride and glory of the Babylonians. But God will destroy it just as he did Sodom and Gomorrah.

Isaiah 6:13

Suppose only a tenth of the people remain there. Even then the land will be completely destroyed again. But when oak trees and terebinth trees are cut down, stumps are left. And my holy people will be like stumps that begin to grow again.”

Jeremiah 49:18

Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed. So were the towns that were near them,” says the Lord. “You will be just like them. No one will live in your land. No human beings will stay there.

Jeremiah 50:40

I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. I also destroyed the towns that were near them,” announces the Lord. “Babylon will be just like them. No one will live there. No human beings will stay there.

Lamentations 3:22

The Lord loves us very much. So we haven’t been completely destroyed. His loving concern never fails.

Lamentations 4:6

My people have been punished more than Sodom was. It was destroyed in a moment. No one offered it a helping hand.

Amos 4:11

“I destroyed some of you, just as I did Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick that was pulled out of the fire. In spite of that, you still have not returned to me,” announces the Lord.

Zephaniah 2:6

The land by the sea will become grasslands. It will have wells for shepherds and pens for flocks.

Deuteronomy 29:23

The whole land will be burned up. Nothing but salt and sulfur will be left. Nothing will be planted there. Nothing will grow there. In fact, nothing will even start to grow there. The land will be like Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim after they were destroyed. The Lord wiped out those cities because he was very angry.

James 5:4

You have even failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields. Their pay is crying out against you. The cries of those who gathered the harvest have reached the ears of the Lord. He rules over all.

2 Peter 2:6

God judged the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. He burned them to ashes. He made them an example of what is going to happen to ungodly people.

Jude 1:7

The people of Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns around them also did evil things. They freely committed sexual sins. They committed sins of the worst possible kind. There is a fire that never goes out. Those people are an example of those who are punished with it.