“If the Lord of armies 2 had not left us descendants,
we would have become like Sodom,
and we would have resembled Gomorrah.” 3
“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear,
to this very day.” 4
1 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
2 tn Traditionally, “Lord of hosts”; Grk “Lord Sabaoth,” which means “Lord of the [heavenly] armies,” sometimes translated more generally as “Lord Almighty.”
3 sn A quotation from Isa 1:9.