Isaiah 1:10

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“Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!”

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“Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!”

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“Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom, Give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 1:10 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
  2. Deuteronomy 32:32But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.
  3. 1 Kings 22:19Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.
  4. Isaiah 3:9The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
  5. Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
  6. Isaiah 28:14Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
  7. Jeremiah 9:26Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”
  8. Jeremiah 23:14And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
  9. Ezekiel 16:35Therefore, O prostitute, hear the word of the LORD!
  10. Ezekiel 16:46Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to your north; and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to your south.
  11. Ezekiel 16:49Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
  12. Amos 3:1Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
  13. Amos 3:8The lion has roared— who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken— who will not prophesy?
  14. Amos 9:7“Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir?
  15. Micah 3:8As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
  16. Romans 9:29It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”
  17. Revelation 11:8Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.

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