Then Adonai said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous people within the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
Isaiah 65:8 - Tree of Life Version Thus says Adonai: “As new wine is found in a cluster, and one says, ‘Do not destroy it, for a blessing is in it,’ so I will do for My servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus says the Lord: As the juice [of the grape] is found in the cluster, and one says, Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing in it, so will I do for My servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all. American Standard Version (1901) Thus saith Jehovah, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sake, that I may not destroy them all. Common English Bible The LORD proclaims: As new wine is found in the grape cluster, and someone says, “Don’t destroy it, for there is a blessing in it,” so I will do for the sake of my servants and not destroy everything: Catholic Public Domain Version Thus says the Lord: In the same way as it is said about a grain found in a cluster, "Do not destroy it, because it is a blessing," so will I act for the sake of my servants, so that I may not destroy the whole. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thus saith the Lord: As if a grain be found in a cluster, and it be said: Destroy it not, because it is a blessing. So will I do for the sake of my servants, that I may not destroy the whole. |
Then Adonai said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous people within the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
Unless Adonai-Tzva’ot had left us a small remnant, we would have been as Sodom, we would have been as Gomorrah.
For though your people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction has been decreed. Justice overflows.
For My Name’s sake I defer My anger, for My praise I will restrain it for you— otherwise I would cut you off.
Though a tenth still be in it, it will again be burned. As a terebinth tree or as an oak whose stump remains when cut down, so the holy seed will be the stump.”
For I am with you,” declares Adonai, “to save you, for I will make a full end of all the nations where I scatter you. but I will not make a full end of you. For I will discipline you justly, but will not leave you unpunished.”
Who knows? He may turn and relent, and may leave a blessing behind Him —so there may be a grain offering and a drink offering for Adonai, your God.
And unless those days were cut short, no one would be delivered. But for the sake of the chosen, those days will be cut short.
And unless Adonai had cut short those days, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He cut short the days.