The Lord said to himself, “Should I tell Abraham the thing that I will now do?
Genesis 18:26 - Easy To Read Version Then the Lord said, “If I find 50 good people in the city of Sodom, I will save the whole city.” 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. |
The Lord said to himself, “Should I tell Abraham the thing that I will now do?
Your people are very many. They are like the sands of the sea. But only a few of the people will be left to come back to the Lord. Those people will return to God, but first, your country will be destroyed. God has announced that he will destroy the land. And then goodness will come into the land; it will be like a river flowing full.
At that time, Israel, Assyria, and Egypt will join together and control the land. This will be a blessing for the land.
But a tenth of the people will be allowed to stay in the land. These people will return \{to the Lord\} even though they were to be destroyed. These people will be like an oak tree. When the tree is chopped down, a stump is left. This stump (the people remaining) is a very special seed.
The Lord says, “When there is new wine in the grapes, people squeeze out the wine. But they don’t completely destroy the grapes. They do this because the grapes can still be used. I will do the same thing to my servants. I will not completely destroy them.
The Lord says,\} “Walk the streets of Jerusalem. Look around and think about these things. Search the public squares of the city. See if you can find one good person, one person that does honest things, one that searches for the truth. If you find one good person, I will forgive Jerusalem!
But God has decided to make that terrible time short. If that time were not made short, then no person would continue living. But God will make that time short to help the people he has chosen.