Amos 4:11
"I have overthrown some of you,as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,and you were like a burning stick plucked out of the fire;yet you haven't returned to me," says the Lord.
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Deuteronomy 28:24The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust: from the sky shall it come down on you, until you are destroyed.
Isaiah 13:19Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, will be like when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 6:28"They are all grievous rebels, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.
Jeremiah 49:18As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities of it," says the Lord, "no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man live therein.
Ezekiel 22:17The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Hosea 11:5"They won't return into the land of Egypt;but the Assyrian will be their king,because they refused to repent.
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 →