Isaiah 1:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.

Young's Literal Translation
Unless Jehovah of Hosts had left to us a remnant, Shortly—as Sodom we had been, To Gomorrah we had been like!

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
Unless
לוּלֵי֙ (lū·lê)
Conjunction
Strong's 3884: If not, unless

the LORD
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

of Hosts
צְבָא֔וֹת (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)
Noun - common plural
Strong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign

had left
הוֹתִ֥יר (hō·w·ṯîr)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3498: To jut over, exceed, to excel, to remain, be left, to leave, cause to abound, preserve

us
לָ֛נוּ (lā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew

a few
כִּמְעָ֑ט (kim·‘āṭ)
Preposition-k | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 4592: A little, fewness, a few

survivors,
שָׂרִ֖יד (śā·rîḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8300: A survivor

we would have become
הָיִ֔ינוּ (hā·yî·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

like Sodom,
כִּסְדֹ֣ם (kis·ḏōm)
Preposition-k | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 5467: Sodom -- a Canaanite city near the Dead Sea

we would have resembled
דָּמִֽינוּ׃ (dā·mî·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 1819: To compare, to resemble, liken, consider

Gomorrah.
לַעֲמֹרָ֖ה (la·‘ă·mō·rāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6017: Gomorrah -- a city in the Jordan Valley

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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