Matthew 11:23

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Summary

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.

Which art

2 Peter 2:4

In sodom

Revelation 11:8

General references

Bible References

Which art

You said in your heart, "I'll ascend to heaven, above the stars of God. I'll erect my throne; I'll sit on the Mount of Assembly in the far reaches of the north;

How the Lord in his wrath shamed cherished Zion! He cast down from heaven to earth the glory of Israel, He did not remember his footstool in the time of his anger.

"Son of Man, start singing this lamentation for the king of Tyre. Tell him, "This is what the Lord GOD says: "You served as my model, my example of complete wisdom and perfect beauty.

I made the nations tremble when they heard that Assyria was falling, descending into Sheol to join those who go down into the Pit. Then all of the trees of Eden in the world below were comforted, including the choicest and best of Lebanon, all of whom were well-watered.

Though you soar high like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, I will bring you down even from there," declares the Lord.

Because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the person who humbles himself will be exalted."

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but threw them into the lowest hell and imprisoned them in chains of deepest darkness, holding them for judgment;

In sodom

Now the men of Sodom were particularly evil and sinful in their defiance of the LORD.

Then the LORD rained sulfur and fire out of the sky from the LORD on Sodom and Gomorrah,

"As I live," declares the Lord GOD, "your sister Sodom and her daughters didn't do what you and your daughters have done.

Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities near them, which like them committed sexual sins and pursued homosexual activities, serve as an example of the punishment of eternal fire.

Their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified.

General references

They called out to Lot and asked, "Where are the men who came to visit you tonight? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!"

But on the day when Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed all of them.

The people left the town and started on their way to him.

If I'm not doing my Father's actions, don't believe me.