Then the Lord said, ‘Should I hide what I am about to do from Abraham?
Genesis 18:26 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The Lord said, ‘If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Lord said, If I find in the city of Sodom fifty righteous (upright and in right standing with God), I will spare the whole place for their sake. American Standard Version (1901) And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake. Common English Bible The LORD said, “If I find fifty innocent people in the city of Sodom, I will save it because of them.” Catholic Public Domain Version And the Lord said to him, "If I find in Sodom fifty of the just in the midst of the city, I will release the entire place because of them." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord said to him: If I And in Sodom fifty just within the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake. |
Then the Lord said, ‘Should I hide what I am about to do from Abraham?
Israel, even if your people were as numerous as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction has been decreed; justice overflows.
On that day Israel will form a triple alliance with Egypt and Assyria #– #a blessing within the land.
Though a tenth will remain in the land, it will be burned again. Like the terebinth or the oak that leaves a stump when felled, the holy seed is the stump.
The Lord says this: ‘As the new wine is found in a bunch of grapes, and one says, “Don’t destroy it, for there’s some good in it,” so I will act because of my servants and not destroy them all.
Roam through the streets of Jerusalem. Investigate; search in her squares. If you find one person, any who acts justly, who pursues faithfulness, then I will forgive her.
I searched for a man among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land so that I might not destroy it, but I found no one.
Unless those days were cut short, no one would be saved. But those days will be cut short because of the elect.