Deuteronomy 29:23

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

has become a scorching desert of salt and sulphur, where nothing is planted, nothing sprouts, and nothing grows. It will be as lifeless as the land around the cities of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, after the LORD became angry and destroyed them.

Cross References

Genesis 14:2

attacked King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, King Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, also known as the city of Zoar.

1 Kings 9:8

This temple will become a pile of rocks! Everyone who walks by will be shocked, and they will ask, “Why did the LORD do such a terrible thing to his people and to this temple?”

1 Kings 9:9

Then they will answer, “We know why the LORD did this. The people of Israel rejected the LORD their God, who rescued their ancestors from Egypt, and they started worshipping other gods.”

2 Kings 22:13

“The LORD must be furious with me and everyone else in Judah, because our ancestors did not obey the laws written in this book. Go and find out what the LORD wants us to do.”

Job 18:15

Then their tents and possessions are burnt to ashes,

Psalm 107:34

flowing streams into scorched land, and fruitful fields into beds of salt.

Isaiah 1:7

Your country lies in ruins; your towns are in ashes. Foreigners and strangers take and destroy your land while you watch.

Isaiah 13:19

The city of Babylon is glorious and powerful, the pride of the nation. But it will be like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah after I, the Lord, destroyed them.

Isaiah 34:9

Edom's streams will turn into tar and its soil into sulphur— then the whole country will go up in flames.

Isaiah 64:11

Zion's glorious and holy temple where our ancestors praised you has been destroyed by fire. Our beautiful buildings are now a pile of ruins.

Jeremiah 17:6

They will dry up like a bush in salty desert soil, where nothing can grow.

Jeremiah 20:16

May that man be like the towns you destroyed without pity. Let him hear shouts of alarm in the morning and battle cries at midday.

Jeremiah 49:18

as bad as the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and towns nearby. The towns of Edom will be empty.

Jeremiah 9:11

I heard the LORD reply, “When I have finished, Jerusalem and the towns of Judah will be piles of ruins where only jackals live.”

Ezekiel 47:11

But the marshes along the shore will remain salty, so that people can use the salt from them.

Leviticus 26:32

Your land will become so desolate that even your enemies who settle there will be shocked when they see it.

Amos 4:11

I destroyed many of you, just as I did the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. You were a burning stick I rescued from the fire. Even then you rejected me. I, the LORD, have spoken!

Luke 17:29

But on the very day Lot left Sodom, fiery flames poured down from the sky and killed everyone.

Romans 9:29

Isaiah also said, “If the Lord All-Powerful had not spared some of our descendants, we would have been destroyed like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.”

Jude 1:7

We should also be warned by what happened to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and the nearby towns. Their people became immoral and did all sorts of sexual sins. Then God made an example of them and punished them with eternal fire.

Revelation 19:20

But the beast was captured and so was the false prophet. This is the same prophet who had performed miracles for the beast, so that he could fool everyone who had the mark of the beast and worshipped the idol. The beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into a lake of burning sulphur.

Judges 9:45

He and his troops fought in Shechem all day, until they had killed everyone in town. Then he and his men tore down the houses and buildings and scattered salt everywhere.