Amos 4:11
I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah; And ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning; And yet ye have not returned to me, saith Jehovah.
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Isaiah 13:19So shall Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, The proud ornament of the Chaldeans, Be like Sodom and Gomorrah, which God overthrew,
Jeremiah 6:28They are all stubborn revolters, Slanderers are they, brass and iron; They are all corrupt.
Jeremiah 49:18As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, And their neighboring cities, saith Jehovah, There shall not a man abide there, Nor a son of man dwell within her.
Ezekiel 22:17And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:
Hosea 11:5They shall no more go down to Egypt; For the Assyrian shall be their king, Because they refuse to return to me.
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 →