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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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ASV

I have overthrown cities among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

KJV

I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הָפַ֣כְתִּיha.Fakh.tiI overthrewH2015 →
בָכֶ֗םva.Khemamong you
כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֤תke.mah.pe.Khatlike [the] overthrow ofH4114 →
אֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
סְדֹ֣םse.DomSodomH5467 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
עֲמֹרָ֔ה'a.mo.RahGomorrahH6017 →
וַתִּהְי֕וּva.tih.Yuand you wereH1961 →
כְּא֖וּדke.'Udlike a piece of firewoodH181 →
מֻצָּ֣לmu.Tzalplucked outH5337 →
מִשְׂרֵפָ֑הmi.se.re.Fahfrom [the] burningH8316 →
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
שַׁבְתֶּ֥םshav.Temyou returnedH7725 →
עָדַ֖י'a.Daito meH5704 →
נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehYahwehH3068 →

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Zechariah 3:2And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”Isaiah 13:19And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.Romans 9:29It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”Genesis 19:24Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.Jeremiah 23:14And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”Genesis 19:24–25Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.Amos 4:6“I beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.2 Peter 2:6if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;Ezekiel 22:17–22Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,Jude 1:23save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.Jude 1:7In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.Isaiah 1:9Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.Proverbs 21:12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.Revelation 11:8Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.Jeremiah 49:18As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.Hosea 11:8How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!Revelation 9:20Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.1 Corinthians 3:15If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.

About Amos

The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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