Amos 4:11

I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a fire-brand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned to me, saith 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 have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the ill savor of your camps to come up to your nostrils: yet have ye not returned to me, saith the LORD.

12Therefore thus will I do to thee, O Israel: and because I will do this to thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:24The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou art destroyed.

Isaiah 13:19And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellence, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

Jeremiah 6:28They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.

Jeremiah 49:18As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring cities , saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.

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

Hosea 11:5He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.

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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