Isaiah 34:9
And the streams thereof + 34:9 i.e., of Edom shall be turned into zefet (pitch, tar), 1 and the aphar (dust) thereof into gofrit (burning sulfur), 1 and the land thereof shall become burning zefet (pitch, tar). 1
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Genesis 19:28And he looked down toward Sodom and Amora, and toward all the eretz of the plain, and hinei, he saw kitor (smoke, steam) of the eretz go up like kitor of a furnace.
Job 18:15In his ohel nothing dwells; 1 gofrit (brimstone) is scattered upon his habitation. 1
Luke 17:29But on the Yom when Lot went out from S'dom, from Shomayim it rained down eish and gofrit and destroyed everything.
Revelation 19:20And the Chayyah [Anti-Moshiach] was captured and, with it, the Navi Sheker (the False Prophet), the one having performed the otot (signs) before it, by which he deceived the ones having received the tav (mark) of the Chayyah [Anti-Moshiach] and the ones worshiping its Atzav (idol, image). These two were cast alive into the Agam HaEish (Lake of Fire) burning with gofrit (sulfur). + 19:20 Dan 7:11
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 34:2-9
Threatenings against God's Enemies. ( b. c. 720.) 1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it. 2 For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. 3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. 4 And all… Read the whole commentary →