“^(A)Unless ^(B)the Lord of ^[a]Sabaoth had left to us a ^[b]posterity,
^(C)We would have become like Sodom, and would have ^[c]resembled Gomorrah.”

⁹ In my ears the Lord of hosts has sworn, “Surely, ^(A)many houses shall become ^(B)desolate,
Even great and fine ones, without occupants.