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Genesis 19:24

Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

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ASV

Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven;

KJV

Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַֽיהוָ֗הva.Yah.wehand YahwehH3068 →
הִמְטִ֧ירhim.Tirhe caused to rainH4305 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
סְדֹ֛םse.DomSodomH5467 →
וְעַל־ve.'al-and onH5921 →
עֲמֹרָ֖ה'a.mo.RahGomorrahH6017 →
גָּפְרִ֣יתga.fe.RitsulfurH1614 →
וָאֵ֑שׁva.'Eshand fireH784 →
מֵאֵ֥תme.'Etfrom withH854 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
מִן־min-fromH4480 →
הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064 →

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Deuteronomy 29:23All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.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.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.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;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.Job 1:16While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”Isaiah 30:33For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.Ezekiel 16:49–50Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.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!Jeremiah 50:40As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.Jeremiah 20:16May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon,Revelation 14:10he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.Genesis 18:17And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?Zephaniah 2:9Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”Psalms 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.Job 18:15Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.Lamentations 4:6The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand turned to help her.Luke 17:28–29It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.

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Lot Flees as Sodom and Gomorrah Burn — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Lot Flees as Sodom and Gomorrah Burn — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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