Isaiah 1:9

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Unless Yahweh of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, We would have been as Sodom; We would have been like Gomorrah.

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Jerusalem was Judah’s capital, and Zion originally referred to its fortified hill but came to signify the city and its covenant community. In Isaiah 1:9, their near-total desolation underscores that only the LORD’s preserving remnant kept Judah from becoming like Sodom and Gomorrah.

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Isaiah 1:9 mentions Jerusalem and Zion.

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