Jeremiah 49:18

Gomorrah Sodom

¹⁶ The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

¹⁷ “Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.

As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.

¹⁹ Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”

²⁰ Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
KJV: As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.
WEB: As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbor cities,” says the LORD, “no man will dwell there, neither will any son of man live therein.
ASV: As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, saith Jehovah, no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.
DARBY: As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, and their neighbour cities, saith Jehovah, no one shall dwell there, neither shall a son of man sojourn therein.
BLB: Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors,” a declaration of YHWH, “Not man will dwell there, nor will reside in it a son of man.

ÅB: Som da Sodoma og Gomorra og dets nabobyer ble lagt i grus, sier Herren, skal ingen mann bo der, og intet menneskebarn oppholde seg der.
OTB: Som Sodoma og Gomorra og deres nabobyer ble omstyrtet,” sier Herren, “slik skal ingen bo der; ingen mennesker skal slå seg ned i det.
B1930: Som da Sodoma og Gomorra og dets nabobyer blev lagt i grus, sier Herren, skal ingen mann bo der, og intet menneskebarn opholde sig der.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 49:33
“Hazor will become a haunt for jackals, a desolation forever. No one will dwell there; no man will abide there.”
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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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Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
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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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Job 18:15–18
Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
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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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Genesis 19:24–25
Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
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Psalms 11:6
On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
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