Isaiah 1:10
8 And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.
9 Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.
Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
11 “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
12 When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you— this trampling of My courts?
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
- KJV
- Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
- WEB
- Hear the LORD’s word, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
- ASV
- Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
- DARBY
- Hear the word of Jehovah, rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, people of Gomorrah!
- BLB
- Hear the word of YHWH, chiefs of Sodom; give ear to the Instruction of our God, people of Gomorrah!
- ÅB
- Hør Herrens ord, dere Sodomafyrster! Lytt til vår Guds lov, du Gomorra-folk!
- OTB
- Hør Herrens ord, dere herskere i Sodoma; lytt til vår Guds veiledning, dere folk som ligner Gomorra!
- B1930
- Hør Herrens ord, I Sodomafyrster! Lytt til vår Guds lov, du Gomorra-folk!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 11:8
Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:49
Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:32
But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.
Read in contextIsaiah 3:9
The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
Read in contextJeremiah 23:14
And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
Read in contextGenesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
Read in contextJeremiah 9:26
Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”
Read in contextIsaiah 28:14
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
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