Romans 9:29

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And just as Isaiah said previously: 'Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been made like Gomorrah.'

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  • Isa 1:9 : 9 Unless the LORD of hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have been like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.
  • Isa 13:19 : 19 Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.
  • Jer 50:40 : 40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors, declares the LORD, no one will live there, and no human being will dwell in it.
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Look, the wages that you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
  • Amos 4:11 : 11 I overthrew some of you as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a firebrand snatched from the burning, yet you did not return to Me,' declares the LORD.
  • Jer 49:18 : 18 As with the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns, says the LORD, no one will live there; no human being will stay in it.
  • Deut 29:23 : 23 All the nations will ask, 'Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why this fierce, burning anger?'
  • Gen 19:24-25 : 24 Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens. 25 Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land.
  • Isa 6:13 : 13 Yet a tenth will remain in the land, and it will once again be ravaged. Like a terebinth or an oak whose stump remains when it is felled, the holy seed is its stump.
  • Lam 3:22 : 22 Because of the LORD’s steadfast love we are not consumed, for His mercies never end.
  • Lam 4:6 : 6 The iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, with no hand turned to help her.
  • Zeph 2:6 : 6 The seacoast will become pasturelands, with meadows for shepherds and sheepfolds.
  • 2 Pet 2:6 : 6 and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly,
  • Jude 1:7 : 7 In the same way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desires, serve as an example by undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

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  • Isa 1:9-10
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    9Unless the LORD of hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have been like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.

    10Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah.

  • Rom 9:26-28
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    76%

    26And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

    27Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: 'Though the number of the children of Israel be like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.'

    28For the Lord will carry out his sentence on the earth fully and decisively.

  • Rom 9:30-31
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    30What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, that is, a righteousness that is by faith;

    31but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, did not attain it.

  • Rom 9:6-10
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    6It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

    7Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, 'Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.'

    8This means it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.

    9For this is the word of promise: 'At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.'

    10Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.

  • Ezra 9:13-15
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    69%

    13After everything that has happened to us because of our evil deeds and great guilt—though you, our God, have punished us less than our sins deserved and have given us a remnant like this—

    14shall we again break your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would you not become so angry with us that you would destroy us completely, leaving no remnant or survivor?

    15O Lord, the God of Israel, you are righteous! We are left with this remnant today. Here we are before you in our guilt, though no one can stand in your presence because of this.

  • Rom 11:5
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    5So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.

  • Rom 3:9
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    9What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already charged that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.

  • Heb 11:18
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    18even though it was said to him, 'Through Isaac your descendants will be named.'

  • Acts 15:17
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    17so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord, including all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord, who does these things'

  • Dan 9:14
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    14Therefore, the LORD has kept the disaster in store and brought it upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in everything He does, yet we have not obeyed His voice.

  • Rom 11:26
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    26And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will turn godlessness away from Jacob.

  • Jer 49:18
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    18As with the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns, says the LORD, no one will live there; no human being will stay in it.

  • Obad 1:21
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    21Deliverers will go up on Mount Zion to govern the mountains of Esau, and the kingdom will belong to the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 19:31
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    31For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will accomplish this.

  • Isa 48:19
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    19Your descendants would have been as numerous as the sand, and your offspring like its grains; their name would never be cut off or destroyed from before Me.

  • Isa 61:9
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    9Their offspring will be known among the nations, and their descendants among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the Lord has blessed.

  • Gal 4:28
    67%

    28Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.

  • Rom 15:12
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    12And again, Isaiah says: 'The root of Jesse will come, the one who rises to rule the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will hope.'

  • Rom 9:13-14
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    13As it is written: 'Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.'

    14What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!

  • Luke 17:29
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    29But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

  • Amos 9:8-9
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    8'Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet, I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,' declares the Lord.

    9For behold, I am giving the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as one shakes a sieve, but not a single pebble shall fall to the ground.

  • Amos 9:12
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    12So that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by My name, declares the Lord who does this.

  • Jer 50:40
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    40As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors, declares the LORD, no one will live there, and no human being will dwell in it.

  • Amos 4:11
    67%

    11I overthrew some of you as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a firebrand snatched from the burning, yet you did not return to Me,' declares the LORD.

  • Rom 10:16
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    16But not all have obeyed the Gospel. For Isaiah says, 'Lord, who has believed our message?'

  • 2 Pet 2:6
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    6and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly,

  • Deut 29:23
    67%

    23All the nations will ask, 'Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why this fierce, burning anger?'

  • Rom 11:7
    66%

    7What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The chosen obtained it, but the rest were hardened.

  • Gal 3:8
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    8The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: 'All nations will be blessed through you.'

  • Rom 9:24
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    24even us, whom he has also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?

  • Acts 15:15
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    15The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:

  • 1 Cor 9:10
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    10Or does He say this entirely for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake because the plowman ought to plow in hope and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing the harvest.

  • Rom 11:1
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    1So I ask, did God reject His people? Certainly not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

  • Rom 9:33
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    33Just as it is written: 'Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.'

  • Isa 49:8
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    8This is what the Lord says: 'In the time of favor, I answered you, and in the day of salvation, I helped you. I will preserve you and make you a covenant to the people to restore the land and to distribute its desolate inheritances.'

  • Mark 13:20
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    20If the Lord had not shortened those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has shortened them.

  • Rom 3:29
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    29Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not also the God of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles too.