At the same time, the Lord began to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. The Lord caused fire and burning sulfur to fall out of the sky from the Lord.
Deuteronomy 28:24 - Easy To Read Version The Lord will not send rain—only sand and dust will fall from the sky. It will come down on you until you are destroyed. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord shall make the rain of your land powdered soil and dust; from the heavens it shall come down upon you until you are destroyed. American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah will make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. Common English Bible The LORD will turn the rain on your land into dust. Only dirt will fall down on you from the sky until you are completely wiped out. Catholic Public Domain Version May the Lord give you dust instead of rain upon your land, and may ashes descend from heaven over you, until you have been wiped away. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Lord give thee dust for rain upon thy land: and let ashes come down from heaven upon thee, till thou be consumed. |
At the same time, the Lord began to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. The Lord caused fire and burning sulfur to fall out of the sky from the Lord.
\{Bad things will happen to those people\}. Their descendants {\cf2\super [55]} will be completely destroyed—like straw and leaves are burned by fire. Their descendants will be destroyed like a root \{that dies and\} becomes dust. Their descendants will be destroyed like a fire destroys a flower—the ashes blow away in the wind.
“I destroyed you like I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. {\cf2\super [55]} And those cities were completely destroyed. You were like a burnt stick pulled from a fire. But still you didn’t come back to me \{for help\}.” The Lord said those things.
That is why the sky holds back its dew. And that is why the earth holds back its crops.”
If you do that, then the Lord will become very angry at you. He will shut the skies, and there will be no rain. The land will not make a harvest. And you will soon die in the good land that the Lord is giving you.
The Lord will open his storehouse where he keeps his rich blessings. The Lord will send rain at the right time for your land. The Lord will bless everything you do. You will have money to lend to many nations. And you will not need to borrow anything from them.
{There will be no clouds in the sky}—the sky will look like polished brass. And the ground under you will be hard like iron.