Isaiah 1:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Isaiah 1:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Isaiah 1:9 is a verse from the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been li..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Isaiah 1:9 — KJV
“Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.”
— Isaiah 1:9 (KJV)
Isaiah 1:9 in Context — About the Book of Isaiah
Isaiah is the prince of prophets — soaring visions of God's holiness, searing warnings, and the Old Testament's clearest portraits of the coming Messiah: born of a virgin, wounded for our transgressions, a man of sorrows. Comfort and strength for the weary run through every chapter.
Cross-References for Isaiah 1:9
“And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha. Sabaoth: Heb. hosts”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 1:9: except, lord, hosts
“And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 1:9: lord, very, sodom
“Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 1:9: lord, hosts, remnant
“And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 1:9: lord, very, sodom
“And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 1:9: lord, sodom, like
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