Romans 9:29

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ καθὼς προείρηκεν Ἠσαΐας, Εἰ μὴ Κύριος Σαβαὼθ ἐγκατέλιπεν ἡμῖν σπέρμα, ὡς Σόδομα ἂν ἐγενήθημεν, καὶ ὡς Γόμορρα ἂν ὡμοιώθημεν.

Transliteration

And just as proeirēken Ēsaias, If not Kyrios Sabaōth enkatelipen to us sperma, as Sodoma an egenēthēmen, and as Gomorra an hōmoiōthēmen.

Grammar Details

*proeirēken*: perfect, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - has said before
*Ēsaias*: nominative, masculine, singular - Isaiah
*Kyrios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Lord
*Sabaōth*: genitive, of hosts [Hebrew: armies]
*enkatelipen*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - left/left behind
*sperma*: accusative, neuter, singular - seed/offspring
*an*: particle - would [indicating contingency]
*egenēthēmen*: aorist, indicative, passive, 1st person plural - we would have become
*hōmoiōthēmen*: aorist, indicative, passive, 1st person plural - we would have been made like

Word Meanings

*proeirēken*: has said before/foretold/predicted
*Sabaōth*: of hosts/of armies
*enkatelipen*: left/left behind/preserved
*sperma*: seed/offspring/descendants
*egenēthēmen*: we would have become/we would have been
*hōmoiōthēmen*: we would have been made like/we would have resembled

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Referenced Verses

Isa 1:9 : 9 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.
Isa 13:19 : 19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Jer 50:40 : 40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
Amos 4:11 : 11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Jer 49:18 : 18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.
Deut 29:23 : 23 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:
Gen 19:24-25 : 24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Isa 6:13 : 13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
Lam 3:22 : 22 It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Lam 4:6 : 6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.
Zeph 2:6 : 6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
2 Pet 2:6 : 6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
Jude 1:7 : 7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

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9Except 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.
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26And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
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