Isaiah 13:19
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19 And Babylon, (A)the glory of kingdoms,
the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans,
will be (B)like Sodom and Gomorrah
when God overthrew them.
Genesis 19:24
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24 Then (A)the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven.
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Daniel 4:30
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30 and the king answered and said, (A)“Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by (B)my mighty power as a royal residence and for (C)the glory of my majesty?”
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Jeremiah 51:41
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41 “How (A)Babylon[a] is taken,
(B)the praise of the whole earth (C)seized!
How Babylon has become
a horror among the nations!
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:41 Hebrew Sheshach, a code name for Babylon
Jeremiah 50:40
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40 (A)As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, declares the Lord, (B)so no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn in her.
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Jeremiah 49:18
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18 (A)As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their (B)neighboring cities were overthrown, says the Lord, (C)no man shall dwell there, (D)no man shall sojourn in her.
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Deuteronomy 29:23
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23 the whole land burned out with brimstone and (A)salt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, (B)an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, (C)Admah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger and wrath—
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Zephaniah 2:9
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9 Therefore, (A)as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israel,
“Moab shall become (B)like Sodom,
and the Ammonites (C)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.”
Daniel 2:37-38
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37 You, O king, (A)the king of kings, to whom (B)the God of heaven (C)has given the kingdom, the power, and the might, and the glory, 38 and into whose hand he has given, wherever they dwell, the children of man, (D)the beasts of the field, and the birds of the heavens, making you rule over them all—you are (E)the head of gold.
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Isaiah 14:12-15
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12 “How (A)you are fallen from heaven,
O Day Star, (B)son of Dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
you who laid the nations low!
13 You said in your heart,
(C)‘I will ascend to heaven;
above the stars of God
(D)I will set my throne on high;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
in the far reaches of the north;[a]
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.’
15 (E)But you are brought down to Sheol,
to the far reaches of the pit.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 14:13 Or in the remote parts of Zaphon
Isaiah 14:4-6
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4 you will take up this (A)taunt against the king of Babylon:
“How the oppressor has ceased,
(B)the insolent fury[a] ceased!
5 The Lord has broken the (C)staff of the wicked,
the (D)scepter of rulers,
6 (E)that struck the peoples in wrath
with unceasing blows,
that ruled the nations in anger
with unrelenting persecution.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 14:4 Dead Sea Scroll (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate); the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain
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