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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Upon the wicked He will rain coals;
Fire and brimstone and a burning wind
(A)Shall be [a]the portion of their cup.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 11:6 Their allotted portion or serving

19 (A)And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms,
The beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride,
Will be as when God overthrew (B)Sodom and Gomorrah.

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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,

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14 Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem:
(A)They commit adultery and walk in lies;
They also (B)strengthen the hands of evildoers,
So that no one turns back from his wickedness.
All of them are like (C)Sodom to Me,
And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.

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18 (A)As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah
And their neighbors,” says the Lord,
“No one shall remain there,
Nor shall a son of man dwell in it.

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40 (A)As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah
And their neighbors,” says the Lord,
So no one shall reside there,
Nor son of man (B)dwell in it.

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49 Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, (A)fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

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50 And they were haughty and (A)committed abomination before Me; therefore (B)I took them away as [a]I saw fit.

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  1. Ezekiel 16:50 Vg. you saw; LXX he saw; Tg. as was revealed to Me

“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.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:8 Lit. turns over

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.

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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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  1. Zephaniah 2:9 Lit. Possessed by nettles
  2. Zephaniah 2:9 Or permanent ruin

15 Assuredly, I say to you, (A)it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!

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