Deuteronomy 29:23
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23 They will exclaim, ‘The whole land is devastated by sulfur and salt. It is a wasteland with nothing planted and nothing growing, not even a blade of grass. It is like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed in his intense anger.’
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Zephaniah 2:9
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9 Now, as surely as I live,”
says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel,
“Moab and Ammon will be destroyed—
destroyed as completely as Sodom and Gomorrah.
Their land will become a place of stinging nettles,
salt pits, and eternal desolation.
The remnant of my people will plunder them
and take their land.”
Jeremiah 17:6
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6 They are like stunted shrubs in the desert,
with no hope for the future.
They will live in the barren wilderness,
in an uninhabited salty land.
Isaiah 34:9
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9 The streams of Edom will be filled with burning pitch,
and the ground will be covered with fire.
Genesis 19:24-25
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24 Then the Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah. 25 He utterly destroyed them, along with the other cities and villages of the plain, wiping out all the people and every bit of vegetation.
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Genesis 14:2
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2 fought against King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, King Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (also called Zoar).
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Luke 17:29
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29 until the morning Lot left Sodom. Then fire and burning sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
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Amos 4:11
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11 “I destroyed some of your cities,
as I destroyed[a] Sodom and Gomorrah.
Those of you who survived
were like charred sticks pulled from a fire.
But still you would not return to me,”
says the Lord.
Footnotes
- 4:11 Hebrew as when God destroyed.
Hosea 11:8-9
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8 “Oh, how can I give you up, Israel?
How can I let you go?
How can I destroy you like Admah
or demolish you like Zeboiim?
My heart is torn within me,
and my compassion overflows.
9 No, I will not unleash my fierce anger.
I will not completely destroy Israel,
for I am God and not a mere mortal.
I am the Holy One living among you,
and I will not come to destroy.
Ezekiel 47:11
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11 But the marshes and swamps will not be purified; they will still be salty.
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Jeremiah 20:16
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16 Let him be destroyed like the cities of old
that the Lord overthrew without mercy.
Terrify him all day long with battle shouts,
Judges 9:45
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45 The battle went on all day before Abimelech finally captured the city. He killed the people, leveled the city, and scattered salt all over the ground.
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Revelation 19:20
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20 And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who did mighty miracles on behalf of the beast—miracles that deceived all who had accepted the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue. Both the beast and his false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
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Luke 14:34-35
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34 “Salt is good for seasoning. But if it loses its flavor, how do you make it salty again? 35 Flavorless salt is good neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown away. Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand!”
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Psalm 107:34
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34 He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands,
because of the wickedness of those who live there.
Job 18:15
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15 The homes of the wicked will burn down;
burning sulfur rains on their houses.
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