Genesis 19:24 KJV
Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
Words Then and Now
- brimstone sulfur Still heard today: fire-and-brimstone preaching, preaching of judgment Webster’s 1828 · Brimstone
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Matthew Henry
- The destruction of Sodom, and the deliverance of LotLot was good, but there was not one more of the same character in the city. All the people of Sodom were very wicked and vile. Care was therefore taken for...
Thompson Chains
- Sudden DestructionSee the chain from Proverbs 6:15 · 8 links
- BrimstoneStarts here · next Job 18:15 · 4 links
- Fire (3)Starts here · next Leviticus 10:2 · 8 links
Cross References
- Deuteronomy 29:23 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
- Isaiah 13:19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
- Jeremiah 50:40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
- 2 Peter 2:6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
- Jude 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
- Isaiah 1:9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
- Jeremiah 20:16 And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
- Lamentations 4:6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.
- Ezekiel 16:49–50 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. …
- 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: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
- Zephaniah 2:9 Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
- Job 18:15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
- Psalms 11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
- Jeremiah 49:18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.
- Hosea 11:8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
- Matthew 11:23–24 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. …
- Luke 17:28–29 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; …
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Topics
- Angel (a spirit) Execute judgments upon the wicked
- Brimstone Fire and, rained upon Sodom
- Death Sodomites
- God To Lot, when Sodom was destroyed
- Gomorrah Destroyed
- Holy spirit People of Sodom
- Judgments Sodomites
- Lot Providentially saved from destruction in Sodom
- Meteorology and celestial phenomena Fire from heaven upon the cities of the plain
- Miracles The destruction of Sodom
- Sodom Destroyed on account of the wickedness of the people
- Sodomites Destroyed by fire as a judgement
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1996–1821 BC · Abraham
Places
- SodomTown · Location disputed
- GomorrahTown · Location disputed
- Places in Genesis 19 on a map
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
- SodomBurning; the walled, a city in the vale of Siddim (Gen 13:10; Gen 14:1–16). The wickedness of its inhabitants brought down upon it fire...
- GomorrahSubmersion, one of the five cities of the plain of Siddim (q.v.) which were destroyed by fire (Gen 10:19; Gen 13:10; Gen 19:24, Gen...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Then the LORD וַיהוָה wayhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name · with and
- rained הִמְטִיר himṭîr מָטַר Verb · hiphil perfect, third person masculine singular
- upon Sodom עַל ʿal Preposition סְדֹם sĕdōm סְדֹם Proper name
- and upon Gomorrah וְעַל wĕʿal Preposition · with and עֲמֹרָה ʿămōrâ עֲמֹרָה Proper name
- brimstone גָּפְרִית goprît גׇּפְרִית Noun · feminine singular
- and fire וָאֵשׁ wāʾēš אֵשׁ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with and
- from the LORD מֵאֵת mēʾēt Preposition יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- out of heaven מִן min Preposition הַשָּׁמָיִם haššāmāyim שָׁמַיִם Noun · masculine plural · with the
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