Amos 4:11

I overturned you, just as God overturned Sodom and Gomorrah, and you became like an ember seized from the fire. And you did not return to me, says the Lord.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10I sent death to you by way of Egypt; I struck your youths with the sword, even bringing captivity to your horses. And I made the stench of your camp ascend into your nostrils. And you did not return to me, says the Lord.

12Because of this, I will do these things to you, Israel. But after I have done these things to you, Israel, be prepared to meet your God.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:24May 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.

Isaiah 13:19And then Babylon, the glorious one among kingdoms, that famous pride of the Chaldeans, will be destroyed, even as the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.

Jeremiah 6:28All these leaders who are turning away and walking deceitfully, they are brass and iron; they have all been corrupted.

Jeremiah 49:18Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors were overthrown, says the Lord: there will not be a man living there, and no son of man will tend it.

Ezekiel 22:17And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Hosea 11:5He will not return to the land of Egypt, but Assur himself will be the king over him, because they were not willing to be converted.

Matthew Henry on Amos 4:7-13

Incorrigibleness of Israel; Judgments Called to Remembrance; Greater Judgments Threatened. ( b. c. 790.) 6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord . 7 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. 8… Read the whole commentary →

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