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Isaiah 34:9

Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch.

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ASV

And the streams of Edom shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

KJV

And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְנֶהֶפְכ֤וּve.ne.hef.Khuand they will be changedH2015 →
נְחָלֶ֙יהָ֙ne.cha.Lei.hatorrents itsH5158 →
לְזֶ֔פֶתle.Ze.fetinto pitchH2203 →
וַעֲפָרָ֖הּva.'a.fa.Rahand dust itsH6083 →
לְגָפְרִ֑יתle.ga.fe.Ritinto sulfurH1614 →
וְהָיְתָ֣הve.ha.ye.Tahand it will becomeH1961 →
אַרְצָ֔הּ'ar.Tzahland itsH776 →
לְזֶ֖פֶתle.Ze.fet<into> pitchH2203 →
בֹּעֵרָֽה׃bo.'e.RahburningH1197 →

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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.Psalms 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.Isaiah 30:27Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.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.Revelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”Genesis 19:28He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.Luke 17:29But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.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.Revelation 19:20But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.Job 18:15Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.Isaiah 1:7Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”

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