Deuteronomy 29:23
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23 all its soil burned out by sulfur and salt, nothing planted, nothing sprouting, unable to support any vegetation, like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed in his fierce anger(A)—
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Zephaniah 2:9
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9 Therefore, as I live, says the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israel,
Moab shall become like Sodom
and the Ammonites like Gomorrah,
a land possessed by nettles and salt pits
and a waste forever.
The remnant of my people shall plunder them,
and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.(A)
Jeremiah 17:6
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6 They shall be like a shrub in the desert
and shall not see when relief comes.
They shall live in the parched places of the wilderness,
in an uninhabited salt land.(A)
Isaiah 34:9
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9 And the streams of Edom[a] shall be turned into pitch
and her soil into sulfur;
her land shall become burning pitch.(A)
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- 34.9 Heb her streams
Genesis 19:24-25
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24 Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven,(A) 25 and he overthrew those cities and all the plain and all the inhabitants of the cities and what grew on the ground.(B)
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Ezekiel 47:11
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11 But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they are to be left for salt.
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Jeremiah 20:16
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16 Let that man be like the cities
that the Lord overthrew without pity;
let him hear a cry in the morning
and an alarm at noon,(A)
Judges 9:45
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45 Abimelech fought against the city all that day; he took the city and killed the people who were in it, and he razed the city and sowed it with salt.(A)
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Genesis 14:2
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2 these kings made war with King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, King Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, that is, Zoar.(A)
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Revelation 19:20
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20 And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed in its presence the signs by which he deceived those who had received the brand of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
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Luke 17:29
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29 but on the day that Lot left Sodom it rained fire and sulfur from heaven and destroyed all of them;
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Luke 14:34-35
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About Salt
34 “Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored?[a](A) 35 It is useful neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; they throw it away. If you have ears to hear, then hear!”(B)
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- 14.34 Or how can it be used for seasoning?
Amos 4:11
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11 I overthrew some of you
as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
and you were like a brand snatched from the fire;
yet you did not return to me,
says the Lord.(A)
Hosea 11:8-9
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8 How can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
My heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.(A)
9 I will not execute my fierce anger;
I will not again destroy Ephraim,
for I am God and no mortal,
the Holy One in your midst,
and I will not come in wrath.[a](B)
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- 11.9 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 107:34
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34 a fruitful land into a salty waste,
because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.(A)
Job 18:15
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15 In their tents nothing remains;
sulfur is scattered upon their habitations.(A)
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