Romans 9:29

29AndκαὶasκαθὼςforetoldπροείρηκενIsaiahἨσαΐας·IfΕἰnotμὴ[the] Lordκύριοςof HostsΣαβαὼθhad leftἐγκατέλιπενusἡμῖνdescendantsσπέρμα,likeὡςSodomΣόδομαἂνwe would have becomeἐγενήθημενandκαὶlikeὡςGomorrahΓόμορραἂνwe would have been madeὡμοιώθημεν.

And, as Isaiah forewarned: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and we would have been made like Gomorrah.”

Vocab difficulty

87.5

Rare words

  • Σαβαὼθ

    Σαβαώθ

    hosts, armies.

  • Γόμορρα

    Γόμορρα

    Gomorrah, one of the destroyed cities on the Dead Sea.