Isaias 1:9

Filipino Cebuano Bible

9 Kong wala pa si Jehova sa mga panon magbilin alang kanato ug madiyutay nga salin, mahimo unta kita nga sama sa Sodoma. mahimo unta kita nga sama sa Gomorra.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

left: Lamentations 3:22, Habakkuk 3:2, Romans 9:29

a very: Isaiah 6:13, Isaiah 10:22, Isaiah 17:6, Isaiah 24:13, Isaiah 37:4, Isaiah 37:31, Isaiah 37:32, 1 Kings 19:18, Ezekiel 6:8, Ezekiel 14:22, Joel 2:32, Zechariah 13:8, Zechariah 13:9, Matthew 7:14, Romans 9:27, Romans 11:4-6

we should: Genesis 18:26, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:24, Deuteronomy 29:23, Lamentations 4:6, Amos 4:11, Zephaniah 2:9, Luke 17:29, Luke 17:30, 2 Peter 2:6

Reciprocal: Genesis 13:13 - But the Genesis 14:2 - Sodom Genesis 18:24 - there Genesis 19:5 - General Deuteronomy 28:62 - few in number Judges 20:47 - six hundred 2 Kings 19:30 - the remnant that 2 Chronicles 30:6 - escaped Ezra 9:8 - a remnant Ezra 9:14 - no remnant Psalms 12:1 - godly Isaiah 10:20 - the remnant Isaiah 46:3 - the remnant Jeremiah 3:14 - one of a city Jeremiah 23:14 - Sodom Jeremiah 31:7 - remnant Jeremiah 42:2 - left Jeremiah 50:20 - I will pardon Jeremiah 50:40 - General Ezekiel 7:16 - they Ezekiel 12:16 - I will Ezekiel 16:46 - thy younger sister Ezekiel 16:53 - bring Hosea 11:8 - Admah Amos 5:3 - The city Amos 7:5 - for Matthew 7:13 - for Mark 13:20 - for Luke 15:15 - he went Romans 2:28 - For he James 5:4 - Lord Revelation 3:4 - even

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant,.... This is an instance of the super abounding goodness of the Lord of hosts, as the Targum expresses it; that he should, in those very wicked and calamitous times, leave and reserve a few from being defiled with the sins of the age, and from being involved in the general calamity of it; which was true of the Christian Jews at the time of Jerusalem's destruction; for that this prophecy belongs to these times is clear from the application of it by the Apostle Paul, Romans 9:29 and which confirms the sense given of the above passages: "the very small remnant" are the remnant according to the election of grace, the little flock, the few that entered in at the strait gate and are saved, or the few that believed in Christ, and so were saved from that untoward generation; these were "left", reserved, distinguished, and secured in the grace of election, being a remnant according to it, in the hands of Christ to whom they were given, and in whom they were preserved; in redemption by him, that they might be a peculiar people; in providence till called, in which the Lord watched over them to do them good, and waited to be gracious to them, and saved them to be called; and in effectual calling, in which he separated them from the rest of the world, and kept them by his power through faith unto salvation. And this was done "unto us"; for the sake of his church, that that might continue, and he might have a seed to serve him: and by "the Lord of hosts", of the hosts of heaven, the sun, and moon, and stars, and of the angels there, and of the inhabitants of the earth; which shows great condescension in him to regard this remnant, and great grace to them; since he could not stand in need of them, having the host of heaven on his right hand and on his left; nor was there any thing in them that could deserve this of him; but it was, as Jarchi observes, in his mercy, and not for their righteousness: to which may be added, that since he is the Lord of hosts, he was able to protect and preserve this remnant, notwithstanding all the opposition of men and devils, as he did; and had he not taken such a method as this,

we should have been as Sodom, [and] we should have been like unto Gomorrah: cities that were infamous for their sins, and notorious for the punishment of them, being consumed by fire from heaven,

Genesis 13:13 and not only the Jews, but any and every nation, even the whole world, would have been like these cities, both for sin and punishment, had it not been for the distinguishing grace of God, in leaving and reserving a few for his glory, and the support of his interest. All the holiness that ever was, is, or will be in the world, is owing to electing, redeeming, and efficacious grace: there had not been a holy man nor a holy woman in the world, in any age, if God had not taken such methods of grace; and it is owing to, and for the sake of, this small remnant, that temporal judgments are often averted from a nation and people, and that the conflagration of the world is not yet; this is kept back till they are gathered in; and were it not for this distinguishing grace, every individual of mankind would have been cast into hell, and must have suffered the vengeance of eternal fire, which the punishment of Sodom and Gomorrah, was an example of.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Except ... - It is owing entirely to the mercy of God, that we are not like Sodom. The prophet traces this not to the goodness of the nation, not to any power or merit of theirs, but solely to the mercy of God. This passage the apostle Paul has used in an argument to establish the doctrine of divine sovereignty in the salvation of people; see the note at Romans 9:29.

The Lord - Hebrew Yahweh. Note Isaiah 1:2.

Of hosts - צבאות tsebâ'ôth - the word sometimes translated “Sabaoth”; Romans 9:29; James 5:4. The word means literally armies or military hosts. It is applied, however, to the angels which surround the throne of God; 1Ki 22:19; 2 Chronicles 18:18; Psalms 103:21; and to the stars or constellations that appear to be marshalled in the sky; Jeremiah 33:22; Isaiah 40:26. This host, or the “host of heaven,” was frequently an object of idolatrous worship; Deuteronomy 4:19; Deu 17:3; 2 Kings 17:16. God is called Yahweh of hosts because he is at the head of all these armies, as their leader and commander; he marshals and directs them - as a general does the army under his command. ‘This,’ says Gesenius, ‘is the most common name of God in Isaiah, and in Jeremiah, Zechariah, and Malachi. It represents him as the ruler of the hosts of heaven, that is, the angels and the stars. Sometimes, but less frequently, we meet with the appellation Yahweh, God of hosts. Hence, some suppose the expression Yahweh of hosts to be elliptical. But it is not a correct assertion that Yahweh, as a proper name, admits of no genitive. But such relations and adjuncts as depend upon the genitive, often depend upon proper names. So in Arabic, one is called Rebiah of the poor in reference to his liability.’ The name is given here, because to save any portion of a nation so wicked implied the exercise of the same power as that by which he controlled the hosts of heaven.

Remnant - A small part - that which is left. It means here, that God had spared a portion of the nation, so that they were not entirely overthrown.

We should have been as Sodom ... - This does not refer to the character of the people, but to their destiny. If God had not interposed to save them they would have been overwhelmed entirely as Sodom was; compare Genesis 19:24-25.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 1:9. The Lord of hosts - "JEHOVAH God of hosts"] As this title of God, יהוה צבאות Yehovah tsebaoth, "JEHOVAH of hosts, occurs here for the first time, I think it proper to note, that I translate it always, as in this place, "JEHOVAH God of hosts;" taking it as an elliptical expression for יהוה אלהי צבאות Yehovah Elohey tsebaoth. This title imports that JEHOVAH is the God or Lord of hosts or armies; as he is the Creator and Supreme Governor of all beings in heaven and earth, and disposeth and ruleth them all in their several orders and stations; the almighty, universal Lord.

We should have been as Sodom — As completely and finally ruined as that and the cities of the plain were, no vestige of which remains at this day.