Deuteronomy 29:23
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23 ‘The whole land is brimstone, (A)salt, and burning; it is not sown, nor does it bear, nor does any grass grow there, (B)like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and His wrath.’
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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,
“Surely (A)Moab shall be like Sodom,
And (B)the people of Ammon like Gomorrah—
(C)Overrun[a] with weeds and saltpits,
And a [b]perpetual desolation.
The residue of My people shall plunder them,
And the remnant of My people shall possess them.”
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- Zephaniah 2:9 Lit. Possessed by nettles
- Zephaniah 2:9 Or permanent ruin
Jeremiah 17:6
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6 For he shall be (A)like a shrub in the desert,
And (B)shall not see when good comes,
But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,
(C)In a salt land which is not inhabited.
Isaiah 34:9
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9 (A)Its streams shall be turned into pitch,
And its dust into brimstone;
Its land shall become burning pitch.
Genesis 19:24-25
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24 Then the Lord rained (A)brimstone and (B)fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens. 25 So He [a]overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and (C)what grew on the ground.
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- Genesis 19:25 devastated
Genesis 14:2
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2 that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of (A)Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, (B)Zoar).
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Luke 17:29
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29 but on (A)the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
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Amos 4:11
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11 “I overthrew some of you,
As God overthrew (A)Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
Hosea 11:8-9
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8 “How(A) can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I make you like (B)Admah?
How can I set you like Zeboiim?
My heart [a]churns within Me;
My sympathy is stirred.
9 I will not execute the fierceness of My anger;
I will not again destroy Ephraim.
(C)For I am God, and not man,
The Holy One in your midst;
And I will not [b]come with terror.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:8 Lit. turns over
- Hosea 11:9 Or enter a city
Ezekiel 47:11
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11 But its swamps and marshes will not be healed; they will be given over to salt.
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Jeremiah 20:16
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16 And let that man be like the cities
Which the Lord (A)overthrew, and did not relent;
Let him (B)hear the cry in the morning
And the shouting at noon,
Judges 9:45
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45 So Abimelech fought against the city all that day; (A)he took the city and killed the people who were in it; and he (B)demolished the city and sowed it with salt.
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Revelation 19:20
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20 (A)Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and (B)those who worshiped his image. (C)These two were cast alive into the lake of fire (D)burning with brimstone.
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Luke 14:34-35
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Tasteless Salt Is Worthless(A)
34 (B)“Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? 35 It is neither fit for the land nor for the [a]dunghill, but men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
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- Luke 14:35 rubbish heap
Psalm 107:34
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- Psalm 107:34 Lit. a salty waste
Job 18:15
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15 They dwell in his tent who are none of his;
Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.
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