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Genesis 19:24

GomorrahSodom
Judgment

22 Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

23 And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.

Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

25 Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.

26 But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

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BSB
Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
KJV
Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
WEB
Then the LORD rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the LORD out of the sky.
ASV
Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven;
DARBY
And Jehovah rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven,
BLB
then YHWH rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from YHWH out of the heavens.
ÅB
Da lot Herren det regne svovel og ild - fra Herren, fra himmelen - ned over Sodoma og Gomorra.
OTB
Da regnet Herren svovel og ild over Sodoma og Gomorra—fra Herren ut av himmelen.
B1930
Da lot Herren det regne svovel og ild - fra Herren, fra himmelen - ned over Sodoma og Gomorra.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 29:23

    All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.

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  • Isaiah 13:19

    And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.

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  • Jude 1:7

    In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.

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  • Amos 4:11

    “Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

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  • 2 Peter 2:6

    if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;

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  • Jeremiah 50:40

    As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.

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  • Jeremiah 20:16

    May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon,

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  • Ezekiel 16:49–50

    Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.

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