Isaiah 1:9
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.
Studiennotiz
Study Note
Isaiah's acknowledgment that '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' establishes the remnant theology that becomes foundational for post-exilic Judaism and New Testament soteriology. The comparison to Sodom and Gomorrah (explicitly developed in verses 10-17) is not simply rhetorical hyperbole but a theological statement about the totality of Judah's corruption — only divine grace interrupts a trajectory to complete annihilation. Paul cites this verse in Romans 9:29 within his extended argument that God has always worked through an elected remnant rather than biological descent, applying the principle to the church as the Gentile-inclusive eschatological remnant. The theology of the remnant assumes that faithfulness to God is always a minority position preserved by divine grace rather than human religiosity.
Andere Übersetzungen
Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
Unless Jehovah of Hosts had left to us a remnant, Shortly--as Sodom we had been, To Gomorrah we had been like!
If the Lord of armies had not kept some at least of us safe, we would have been like Sodom, and the fate of Gomorrah would have been ours.
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