Isaiah 1:9 (WEB)
Unless the LORD of Armies had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom. We would have been like Gomorrah.
Fathers and councils · 6
Jerome
“If, then, we allow that they were not virgins (and, with the exception of Peter, the point cannot be proved), yet I must tell him that it is to the Apostles that the words of Isaiah relate: “Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.”” — editor's note: Isa. i. 9.
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Justin Martyr
“For if so, Isaiah would never have said this: ‘And unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah.’” — editor's note: Isa. i. 9.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“Well may we quote those words of the prophet “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.”” — editor's note: Isaiah i. 9
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…to be refreshed from the brook, when the land was parched by drought; and, when but faintly breathing, to be restored to life and left as a seed to Israel, that we might not become like Sodom and Gomorrah, whose destruction by the rain of fire and brimstone is only more notorious than their wickedness.” — editor's note: Isai. i. 9.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For the Prophet Isaiah again having this remnant in view, had said already, “Except the Lord of Hosts had left us a seed, we should have become as Sodom, and should have been like unto Gomorrah.”” — editor's note: Isa. i. 9.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we should have been as Sodoma, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.”” — editor's note: Isa. i. 7–9.
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Cross-references · 11
Cited together with
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 140.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 140.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 140.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 140.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 140.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 140.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 140.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.7.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.7.
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Romans 9:29 takes up the words of Isaiah 1:9 (7 words in common).
