Allits landis brimstoneand salt,a burningwaste, unsownand unproductive,and nograssgrowsin it, like the overthrowof Sodomand Gomorrah,Admahand Zeboiim,whichthe LORDoverthrewin His angerand in His wrath.'
[that] they madewarwith Berakingof Sodom,and with Birshakingof Gomorrah,Shinabkingof Admah,and Shemeberkingof Zeboiim,and the kingof Bela(that is, Zoar).
"And thishousewill becomea heapof ruins;everyonewho passesby will be astonishedand hissand say,Whyhas the LORDdonethusto thislandand to thishouse?'
"And they will say,Becausethey forsookthe LORDtheir God,whobroughttheir fathersout of the landof Egypt,and adoptedothergodsand worshipedthem and servedthem, thereforethe LORDhas broughtallthisadversityon them.'"
"Go,inquireof the LORDfor me and the peopleand allJudahconcerningthe wordsof thisbookthat has been found,for greatis the wrathof the LORDthat burnsagainst us, becauseour fathershave not listenedto the wordsof thisbook,to doaccording to allthat is writtenconcerningus."
"There dwellsin his tentnothingof his; Brimstoneis scatteredon his habitation.
A fruitfullandinto a saltwaste,Becauseof the wickednessof those who dwellin it.
Your landis desolate,Your citiesare burnedwith fire,Your fields--strangersare devouringthem in your presence;It is desolation,as overthrownby strangers.
And Babylon,the beautyof kingdoms,the gloryof the Chaldeans'pride,Will be as when GodoverthrewSodomand Gomorrah.
Its streamswill be turnedinto pitch,And its looseearthinto brimstone,And its landwill becomeburningpitch.
Our holyand beautifulhouse,Whereour fatherspraisedYou, Has beenburned[by] fire;And allour preciousthingshave becomea ruin.
"For he will be like a bushin the desertAnd will not seewhenprosperitycomes,But will livein stonywastesin the wilderness,A landof saltwithoutinhabitant.
But let that manbe like the citiesWhichthe LORDoverthrewwithoutrelenting,And let him hearan outcryin the morningAnd a shoutof alarmat noon;
"Like the overthrowof Sodomand Gomorrahwith its neighbors,"saysthe LORD,"noonewill livethere,norwill a sonof manresidein it.
"I will makeJerusalema heapof ruins, A hauntof jackals;And I will makethe citiesof Judaha desolation,withoutinhabitant."
"But its swampsand marsheswill not becomefresh;they will be leftfor salt.
I will makethe landdesolateso that your enemieswho settlein it will be appalledoverit.
"I overthrewyou, as GodoverthrewSodomand Gomorrah,And you were like a firebrandsnatchedfrom a blaze;Yet you have not returnedto Me," declaresthe LORD.
"Therefore,as I live,"declaresthe LORDof hosts,The Godof Israel,"SurelyMoabwill be like SodomAnd the sonsof Ammonlike Gomorrah--A placepossessedby nettlesand saltpits,And a perpetualdesolation.The remnantof My peoplewill plunderthem And the remainderof My nationwill inheritthem."
but on the daythat Lotwentout from Sodomit rainedfireand brimstonefrom heavenand destroyedthem all.
And justas Isaiahforetold,"UNLESSTHE LORDOF SABAOTHHAD LEFTTO US A POSTERITY,WE WOULD HAVE BECOMELIKESODOM,AND WOULD HAVE RESEMBLEDGOMORRAH."
justas Sodomand Gomorrahand the citiesaroundthem, since they in the samewayas theseindulged in gross immoralityand wentafterstrangeflesh,are exhibitedas an examplein undergoingthe punishmentof eternalfire.
And the beastwas seized,and with him the false prophetwho performedthe signsin his presence,by whichhe deceivedthosewho had receivedthe markof the beastand thosewho worshipedhis image;thesetwowere thrownaliveinto the lakeof firewhich burnswith brimstone.
Abimelechfoughtagainst the cityallthat day,and he capturedthe cityand killedthe peoplewho[were] in it; then he razedthe cityand sowedit with salt.
