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Romans 9:29

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

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KJV ORIGINAL

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.

Close to the original. Clear modern English.

✦ MADE SIMPLE

Isaiah said it before — if God hadn't saved a small group of us, we would've ended up completely destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

God's mercy is literally the only thing standing between us and total destruction.

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I've completely destroyed some of your cities the same way I wiped out Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick I pulled right out of the fire at the last second — but even after all that, you still haven't come back to me, says the Lord.

He completely destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, burning them to ash as his judgment against them. This was meant to be a warning for anyone in the future who would choose to live against God's ways.

If the LORD Almighty had not left us a small group of survivors, we would have been completely destroyed like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.

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