Isaiah 13:19
New Living Translation
19 Babylon, the most glorious of kingdoms,
the flower of Chaldean pride,
will be devastated like Sodom and Gomorrah
when God destroyed them.
Daniel 4:30
New Living Translation
30 As he looked out across the city, he said, ‘Look at this great city of Babylon! By my own mighty power, I have built this beautiful city as my royal residence to display my majestic splendor.’
Genesis 19:24
New Living Translation
24 Then the Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah.
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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.”
Amos 4:11
New Living Translation
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.
Jeremiah 51:41
New Living Translation
41 “How Babylon[a] is fallen—
great Babylon, praised throughout the earth!
Now she has become an object of horror
among the nations.
Footnotes
- 51:41 Hebrew Sheshach, a code name for Babylon.
Jeremiah 50:40
New Living Translation
40 I will destroy it as I[a] destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah
and their neighboring towns,” says the Lord.
“No one will live there;
no one will inhabit it.
Footnotes
- 50:40 Hebrew as God.
Jeremiah 49:18
New Living Translation
18 It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
and their neighboring towns,” says the Lord.
“No one will live there;
no one will inhabit it.
Deuteronomy 29:23
New Living Translation
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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Daniel 2:37-38
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37 Your Majesty, you are the greatest of kings. The God of heaven has given you sovereignty, power, strength, and honor. 38 He has made you the ruler over all the inhabited world and has put even the wild animals and birds under your control. You are the head of gold.
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Isaiah 14:12-15
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12 “How you are fallen from heaven,
O shining star, son of the morning!
You have been thrown down to the earth,
you who destroyed the nations of the world.
13 For you said to yourself,
‘I will ascend to heaven and set my throne above God’s stars.
I will preside on the mountain of the gods
far away in the north.[a]
14 I will climb to the highest heavens
and be like the Most High.’
15 Instead, you will be brought down to the place of the dead,
down to its lowest depths.
Footnotes
- 14:13 Or on the heights of Zaphon.
Isaiah 14:4-6
New Living Translation
4 you will taunt the king of Babylon. You will say,
“The mighty man has been destroyed.
Yes, your insolence[a] is ended.
5 For the Lord has crushed your wicked power
and broken your evil rule.
6 You struck the people with endless blows of rage
and held the nations in your angry grip
with unrelenting tyranny.
Footnotes
- 14:4 As in Dead Sea Scrolls; the meaning of the Masoretic Text is uncertain.
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