11 “I overthrew some of you,
    (A)as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
    and you were (B)as a brand[a] plucked out of the burning;
(C)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 4:11 That is, a burning stick

And the Lord said to Satan, (A)“The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! The Lord who has (B)chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this (C)a brand[a] plucked from the fire?”

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  1. Zechariah 3:2 That is, a burning stick

19 And Babylon, (A)the glory of kingdoms,
    the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans,
will be (B)like Sodom and Gomorrah
    when God overthrew them.

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24 Then (A)the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven. 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.

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23 save others by (A)snatching them out of (B)the fire; to others show mercy (C)with fear, hating even (D)the garment[a] stained by the flesh.

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  1. Jude 1:23 Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin

Israel Has Not Returned to the Lord

“I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
    and (A)lack of bread in all your places,
(B)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.

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20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, (A)did not repent of (B)the works of their hands nor give up worshiping (C)demons (D)and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk,

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just as (A)Sodom and Gomorrah and (B)the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and (C)pursued unnatural desire,[a] serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

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  1. Jude 1:7 Greek different flesh

if by (A)turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, (B)making them an example of (C)what is going to happen to the ungodly;[a]

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  1. 2 Peter 2:6 Some manuscripts an example to those who were to be ungodly

15 If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, (A)but only as through fire.

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How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
    How can I hand you over, O Israel?
(A)How can I make you (B)like Admah?
    How can I treat you (C)like Zeboiim?
(D)My heart recoils within me;
    my compassion grows warm and tender.

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13 On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, (A)you shall not be cleansed anymore till (B)I have satisfied my fury upon you.

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17 And the word of the Lord came to me: 18 (A)“Son of man, the house of Israel has become (B)dross to me; all of them are (C)bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are (D)dross of silver. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. 20 As one gathers silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into a furnace, (E)to blow the fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you (F)in my anger and in my wrath, and I will put you in and melt you. 21 I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst of it. 22 As silver is melted in a furnace, so you shall be melted in the midst of it, and you shall know that I am the Lord; (G)I have poured out my wrath upon you.”

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18 (A)As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their (B)neighboring cities were overthrown, says the Lord, (C)no man shall dwell there, (D)no man shall sojourn in her.

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14 But in the prophets of Jerusalem
    I have seen a horrible thing:
(A)they commit adultery and walk in lies;
    (B)they strengthen the hands of evildoers,
    so that no one turns from his evil;
(C)all of them have become like Sodom to me,
    (D)and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.”

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28 (A)They are all stubbornly rebellious,
    (B)going about with slanders;
they are (C)bronze and iron;
    all of them act corruptly.
29 The (D)bellows blow fiercely;
    the lead is consumed by the fire;
(E)in vain the refining goes on,
    for the wicked are not removed.
30 (F)Rejected silver they are called,
    for the Lord has rejected them.”

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