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Romans 9:29

Καὶ καθὼς προείρηκεν Ἠσαΐας, Εἰ μὴ Κύριος Σαβαὼθ ἐγκατέλιπεν ἡμῖν σπέρμα, ὡς Σόδομα ἂν ἐγενήθημεν, καὶ ὡς Γόμορρα ἂν ὡμοιώθημεν.
Kai kathōs proeirēken Ēsaias, Ei mē Kyrios Sabaōth egkatelipen ēmin sperma, ōs Sodoma an egenēthēmen, kai ōs Gomorra an ōmoiōthēmen.
King James Version (KJV)

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.

Modern English

It is just as Isaiah said previously: Unless the Lord Almighty had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.

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