Motif
Small remnant spared from total destruction
small_remnant_spared_from_total_destruction
A motif of the Flood, Fire, and Cosmic Renewal family, within the sub-family Righteous Remnants and the Few Spared. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
biblical
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The Bible, King James Version, Book 23: Isaiah The Bible, King James Version, Book 23: Isaiah / Book 23 Isaiah; lines 65-197 confidence: high
The LORD of hosts has left a very small remnant; otherwise the people would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah, and the oracle addresses hearers as rulers of Sodom and people of Gomorrah.
The passage says the LORD of hosts left a very small remnant, without which the people would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah.
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