Thematic Bible
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Anger of God » Exemplified against » Cities of the plain
Brimstone » Fire and, rained upon sodom
But on the day that Lot left Sodom, fire and sulphur rained down from the sky and consumed them all.
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death » As a judgment » Sodomites
Fire » As an instrument of divine judgment
He will inflict punishment on those people who do not know God [as Savior], and on those who do not obey the Gospel message of our Lord Jesus.
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But the day of the Lord will come as a thief [i.e., unexpectedly]. At that time the heavens will pass away with a loud noise and the elements [Note: This refers either to the heavenly bodies or to the material components of the universe], will be dissolved with intense heat. And the earth and its works [i.e., its activities] will be burned up. [Note: Some translations render this phrase as it is in some ancient manuscripts, "will be disclosed," or "will be laid bare"].
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Gomorrah » Destroyed
and if God also condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by reducing them to ashes, thereby condemning them to catastrophic destruction, and making them an example to other ungodly people in the future;
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And the people from whatever place that does not welcome you or listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off from under your shoes as evidence against them." [Note: This was a Jewish custom showing disdain and intended to suggest their unworthiness].
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So also, in a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah, and their surrounding towns, which had abandoned themselves to sexual immorality and [sexually] perverted behavior, serve as an example [of people] who [will] suffer the punishment of never ending fire.
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It is true when I say to you, the districts around Sodom and Gomorrah [i.e., despite their gross sins] will be shown more leniency than that town on the day of judgment.
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And, as Isaiah had said in a previous passage [1:9], "If the Lord of the [heavenly] armies [i.e., Almighty God] had not left us some descendants [i.e., a small minority], we would have become like Sodom; He would have made us like Gomorrah [i.e., destroyed]."
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Heaven » God » Sends his judgments from
Holy spirit » Instances of » People of sodom
Judgments » Upon nations--exemplified » Sodom, &c
Judgments » Sodomites
Lot » Life summarized » Lost property, wife, and reputation
Meteorology » Storms » Allusions to remarkable
As we were being severely battered by the storm, they began the next day to throw the cargo overboard [i.e., to lighten the ship].
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Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Phenomena of » Fire from heaven upon the cities of the plain
Sodom » Destroyed on account of the wickedness of the people
and if God also condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by reducing them to ashes, thereby condemning them to catastrophic destruction, and making them an example to other ungodly people in the future;
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But on the day that Lot left Sodom, fire and sulphur rained down from the sky and consumed them all.
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It is true when I say to you, the districts around Sodom and Gomorrah [i.e., despite their gross sins] will be shown more leniency than that town on the day of judgment.
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And, as Isaiah had said in a previous passage [1:9], "If the Lord of the [heavenly] armies [i.e., Almighty God] had not left us some descendants [i.e., a small minority], we would have become like Sodom; He would have made us like Gomorrah [i.e., destroyed]."
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Sodomites » Destroyed by fire as a judgement
Storms » Allusions to remarkable
As we were being severely battered by the storm, they began the next day to throw the cargo overboard [i.e., to lighten the ship].
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