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.
Job 18:15 - Easy To Read Version He will have nothing left in his house.\par Why? Burning sulfur will be scattered\par all through his home.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his [family]; sulphur shall be scattered over his dwelling [to purify it after his going]. American Standard Version (1901) There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. Common English Bible Nothing they own remains in their tent; sulfur is scattered over their home. Catholic Public Domain Version Let the companions of he who is not, dwell in his tabernacle; let brimstone rain down upon his tabernacle. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let the companions of him that is not dwell in his tabernacle: let brimstone be sprinkled in his tent. |
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.
Why? Because people without God\par have nothing.\par People who love money\par will have their homes destroyed by fire.\par
He will make hot coals and burning\par sulphur fall like rain on those bad people.\par Those bad people will get nothing but\par a hot, burning wind. {\cf2\super [63]} \par
It will be very bad for King Jehoiakim.\par He is doing bad things\par so he can build his palace. {\cf2\super [179]} \par He is cheating people\par so he can build rooms upstairs.\par He is making his own people\par work for nothing.\par He is not paying them for their work.\par
Edom will be destroyed\par like Sodom and Gomorrah {\cf2\super [401]} \par and the towns around them.\par No people will live there.”\par The Lord said these things.\par
The Lord All-Powerful says: I will send that scroll to the houses of thieves and to houses of people that lie when they use my name to make promises. That scroll will stay there and destroy those houses. Even the stones and wooden posts will be destroyed.”
The people were doing these things even on the day when Lot left town. Then fire and sulphur rained down from the sky and killed them all.
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.
All the land will be useless—destroyed by burning sulfur and covered with salt. The land will have nothing planted in it. Nothing will be growing—not even weeds. The land will be destroyed like Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, the cities the Lord destroyed when he was very angry.
But the animal was captured. Also the false prophet {\cf2\super [149]} was captured. This false prophet was the one who did the miracles {\cf2\super [150]} for the animal. The false prophet had used these miracles to trick the people who had the mark of the animal and worshiped his idol. {\cf2\super [151]} The false prophet and the animal were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
But the people who are cowards, people who refuse to believe, people who do terrible things, people who kill, people who sin sexually, people who do evil magic, people who worship idols, {\cf2\super [159]} and people who tell lies—all those people will have a place in the lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”