Thematic Bible: Sodom
Thematic Bible
Sodom » Destroyed on account of the wickedness of the people
Pitch and burning salt, all its land; it shall not be sown, and it shall not sprout, and no green herb shall come up upon it, as the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger and in his wrath:
And the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha having reduced to ashes, condemned with a catastrophe, a pattern set to them about to act irreligiously;
And Babel the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' grandeur was as God overthrowing Sodom and Gomorrah.
And the day which Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed all.
I overthrew among you as God overthrows Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye shall be as a fire-brand snatched from the burning: and ye turned not back even to me, says Jehovah.
As the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and her neighbors, said Jehovah, a man shall not dwell there, and the son of man shall not sojourn in her.
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and her neighbors, says Jehovah; a man shall not dwell there, and the son of man shall not sojourn in her.
For this. I live, says Jehovah of armies, God of Israel, for Moab shall be as Sodom, and the sons of Ammon as Gomorrah, the possession of the thorn-bush and salt-pits, and a desolation even to forever: the remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the rest of my nation shall inherit them.
Verily I say to you, it shall be more supportable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us seed, as Sodom had we been, and as Gomorrha had we been likened.
And two messengers shall come to Sodom in the evening; and Lot will sit in the gate of Sodom; and Lot will see, and will rise up to meet them, and will bow himself with the face to the earth. And he will say, Behold now, lords, turn aside now to the house of your servant, and pass the night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise early. and go forth to your ways. And they will say, Nay; for in the street we will pass the night And he will press upon them greatly; and they will turn aside to him, and they will come in to his house; and he will make to them a drinking, and he baked unleavened loaves, and they will eat read more.
Before the men of the city shall lie down, the men of Sodom surrounded the house about, from youth, even to old age, all the people from the end. And they will call to Lot, and will say to him, Where the men which came to thee this night? bring them out to us and we shall know them. And Lot went forth to them to the entrance, and shut the door after him, And he will say, Now my brothers, ye shall not be evil. Behold now, to me two daughters who have not known man'; now I will bring them forth to you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only to these men ye shall not do any thing; for, for this they came in the shadow of my city. And they will say, Stand off. And they will say, This same came to sojourn, and shall he judge judgment: now will we do evil to thee above them: and they will press upon the man, upon Lot greatly, and they will come near to break the door. And the men will stretch out the hand, and will bring in Lot to them to the house, and they shut the door. And the men which were at the door of the house, they struck with blindness, from small to great: and they will be wearied to find the door. And the men will say to Lot, Who to thee here yet? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and all which are to thee in the city, bring forth out of this place. For we destroy this place, for their cry was great at the face of Jehovah; and Jehovah will send us to destroy it. And Lot will go out, and will speak to his sons-in-law, having taken his daughters, and he will say, Rise ye up, go forth out of this place; for Jehovah destroys the city: and he will be as laughing in the eyes of his sons-in-law. And when the dawn arose, the messengers will hasten upon Lot, saying, Rise up, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, being found, lest thou shalt be destroyed in the iniquity of the city. And he shall linger, and the men will hold fast upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; in Jehovah's having compassion upon him; and they shall bring him forth, and lead him without the city. And it shall be when having brought them forth without, he will say, Escape for thy life; thou shalt not look behind thee, and thou shalt not stay in all the circuit: escape to the mountain, lest thou shalt be destoyed. And Lot will say to them, Nay, now, Lord! Behold now, thy servant found grace in thine eyes, and thou wilt magnify thy kindness, what thou didst by me to make my soul live: and I shall not be able to escape to the mountain so evil over-taking me, and I die. Behold now, this city drawing nigh to flee there, and it is small: now I shall be saved there, is it not small? and my soul shall live. And he will say to him, Behold, I lifted up thy face also for thy word, not to overthrow this city for which thou spakest Hasten, to escape there, for I shall not be able to do the word till thy coming there: for this the name of the city was called Zoar. The sun came forth upon the earth, and Lot came to Zoar. And Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah, sulphur and fire from Jehovah out of the heavens. And he will overturn these cities, and all the circuit, and all inhabiting the cities, and the sprouting of the earth. And his wife will look hack from behind him, and will become a pillar of salt And Abraham will rise early in the morning to the place in which he stood there by the face of Jehovah. And he will look out upon the face of Sodom and Gomorrah and upon all the face of the earth of the circuit, and he will see, and behold the smoke of the earth ascended as the smoke of a furnace. And it shall be in God's destroying the cities of the circuit, and God will remember Abraham, and he will send forth Lot out of the midst of the overthrow in overthrowing the cities in which Lot dwelt in them.
Before the men of the city shall lie down, the men of Sodom surrounded the house about, from youth, even to old age, all the people from the end. And they will call to Lot, and will say to him, Where the men which came to thee this night? bring them out to us and we shall know them. And Lot went forth to them to the entrance, and shut the door after him, And he will say, Now my brothers, ye shall not be evil. Behold now, to me two daughters who have not known man'; now I will bring them forth to you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only to these men ye shall not do any thing; for, for this they came in the shadow of my city. And they will say, Stand off. And they will say, This same came to sojourn, and shall he judge judgment: now will we do evil to thee above them: and they will press upon the man, upon Lot greatly, and they will come near to break the door. And the men will stretch out the hand, and will bring in Lot to them to the house, and they shut the door. And the men which were at the door of the house, they struck with blindness, from small to great: and they will be wearied to find the door. And the men will say to Lot, Who to thee here yet? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and all which are to thee in the city, bring forth out of this place. For we destroy this place, for their cry was great at the face of Jehovah; and Jehovah will send us to destroy it. And Lot will go out, and will speak to his sons-in-law, having taken his daughters, and he will say, Rise ye up, go forth out of this place; for Jehovah destroys the city: and he will be as laughing in the eyes of his sons-in-law. And when the dawn arose, the messengers will hasten upon Lot, saying, Rise up, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, being found, lest thou shalt be destroyed in the iniquity of the city. And he shall linger, and the men will hold fast upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; in Jehovah's having compassion upon him; and they shall bring him forth, and lead him without the city. And it shall be when having brought them forth without, he will say, Escape for thy life; thou shalt not look behind thee, and thou shalt not stay in all the circuit: escape to the mountain, lest thou shalt be destoyed. And Lot will say to them, Nay, now, Lord! Behold now, thy servant found grace in thine eyes, and thou wilt magnify thy kindness, what thou didst by me to make my soul live: and I shall not be able to escape to the mountain so evil over-taking me, and I die. Behold now, this city drawing nigh to flee there, and it is small: now I shall be saved there, is it not small? and my soul shall live. And he will say to him, Behold, I lifted up thy face also for thy word, not to overthrow this city for which thou spakest Hasten, to escape there, for I shall not be able to do the word till thy coming there: for this the name of the city was called Zoar. The sun came forth upon the earth, and Lot came to Zoar. And Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah, sulphur and fire from Jehovah out of the heavens. And he will overturn these cities, and all the circuit, and all inhabiting the cities, and the sprouting of the earth. And his wife will look hack from behind him, and will become a pillar of salt And Abraham will rise early in the morning to the place in which he stood there by the face of Jehovah. And he will look out upon the face of Sodom and Gomorrah and upon all the face of the earth of the circuit, and he will see, and behold the smoke of the earth ascended as the smoke of a furnace. And it shall be in God's destroying the cities of the circuit, and God will remember Abraham, and he will send forth Lot out of the midst of the overthrow in overthrowing the cities in which Lot dwelt in them.
For the iniquity of the daughter of my people will be great above the sin of Sodom being overthrown as in a moment, and no hands waited for her.
Sodom » Wickedness of the inhabitants of
For their vine from the vine of Sodom, And from the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes the grapes of poverty, The clusters of bitterness to them.
The withdrawing of their face answered against them; and they announced their sins as Sodom, and they covered not. Wo to their soul! for they rewarded evil to themselves.
As Sodom and Gomorrha and the cities about them, debauched in like manner to these, and having gone away after other flesh, are set before a sample of eternal fire, enduring punishment.
And in the prophets of Jerusalem I saw a horrible thing, committing adultery and going in falsehood: and they strengthened the hands of those doing evil, they turned not back a man from his evil: they were to me all of them as Sodom, and those dwelling in her as Gomorrah.
Thine elder sister, Shomeron, she and her daughter dwelling upon thy left hand: and thy sister smaller than thou, dwelling from thy right hand, Sodom and her daughters.
For the iniquity of the daughter of my people will be great above the sin of Sodom being overthrown as in a moment, and no hands waited for her.
Before the men of the city shall lie down, the men of Sodom surrounded the house about, from youth, even to old age, all the people from the end. And they will call to Lot, and will say to him, Where the men which came to thee this night? bring them out to us and we shall know them. And Lot went forth to them to the entrance, and shut the door after him, read more.
And he will say, Now my brothers, ye shall not be evil. Behold now, to me two daughters who have not known man'; now I will bring them forth to you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only to these men ye shall not do any thing; for, for this they came in the shadow of my city. And they will say, Stand off. And they will say, This same came to sojourn, and shall he judge judgment: now will we do evil to thee above them: and they will press upon the man, upon Lot greatly, and they will come near to break the door. And the men will stretch out the hand, and will bring in Lot to them to the house, and they shut the door. And the men which were at the door of the house, they struck with blindness, from small to great: and they will be wearied to find the door. And the men will say to Lot, Who to thee here yet? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and all which are to thee in the city, bring forth out of this place. For we destroy this place, for their cry was great at the face of Jehovah; and Jehovah will send us to destroy it.
And he will say, Now my brothers, ye shall not be evil. Behold now, to me two daughters who have not known man'; now I will bring them forth to you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only to these men ye shall not do any thing; for, for this they came in the shadow of my city. And they will say, Stand off. And they will say, This same came to sojourn, and shall he judge judgment: now will we do evil to thee above them: and they will press upon the man, upon Lot greatly, and they will come near to break the door. And the men will stretch out the hand, and will bring in Lot to them to the house, and they shut the door. And the men which were at the door of the house, they struck with blindness, from small to great: and they will be wearied to find the door. And the men will say to Lot, Who to thee here yet? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and all which are to thee in the city, bring forth out of this place. For we destroy this place, for their cry was great at the face of Jehovah; and Jehovah will send us to destroy it.
I live, says the Lord Jehovah, if Sodom thy sister did, she and her daughters, as thou didst, thou and thy daughters. Behold, this was the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, pride, fulness of bread, security of rest was to her and to her daughters, and she strengthened not the hand of the poor and needy.
Sodom » A type of gross sin
For their vine from the vine of Sodom, And from the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes the grapes of poverty, The clusters of bitterness to them.
And their slain bodies upon the spacious way of the great city, which is called spiritually Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Verily I say to you, it shall be more supportable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
For the iniquity of the daughter of my people will be great above the sin of Sodom being overthrown as in a moment, and no hands waited for her.
Unless Jehovah of armies left to us an escaping so small, we were as Sodom and we were made like to Gomorrah.
Sodom » The wickedness of
And the day which Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed all.
The withdrawing of their face answered against them; and they announced their sins as Sodom, and they covered not. Wo to their soul! for they rewarded evil to themselves.
And Jehovah will say, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah became great, and because their sin was exceedingly heavy,
Sodom » Figurative » Of wickedness
For their vine from the vine of Sodom, And from the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes the grapes of poverty, The clusters of bitterness to them.
Hear the word of Jehovah, ye leaders of Sodom: give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
Thou shalt not be a harlot from the daughters of Israel, and a male prostitute from the sons of Israel.
Thine elder sister, Shomeron, she and her daughter dwelling upon thy left hand: and thy sister smaller than thou, dwelling from thy right hand, Sodom and her daughters. And thou wentest not in their ways, and thou didst not their abominations: loathing as a little, and thou wilt be corrupted above them in all thy ways. I live, says the Lord Jehovah, if Sodom thy sister did, she and her daughters, as thou didst, thou and thy daughters. read more.
Behold, this was the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, pride, fulness of bread, security of rest was to her and to her daughters, and she strengthened not the hand of the poor and needy. And they will be proud, and they will do abomination before me: and I shall take them away according to what I saw. And Shomeron sinned not according to half thy sins: and thou wilt multiply thine abominations above them, and thou wilt justify thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou didst. And thou also bear thy shame, who didst judge for thy sisters in thy sins which thou didst make abominable above them: they shall be justified more than thou: and also thou, be thou ashamed and bear thy shame in thy justifying thy sisters. And I turned back their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Shomeron and her daughters, and the captivity of thy captivities in their midst: So that thou shalt bear thy shame, and thou wert made ashamed of all which thou didst in thy comforting them. And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall turn back to their beginning, and Shomeron and her daughters shall turn back to their beginning, and thou and thy daughters shall turn back to your beginning. And thy sister Sodom was not for a hearing in thy mouth in the day of thy pride.
Behold, this was the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, pride, fulness of bread, security of rest was to her and to her daughters, and she strengthened not the hand of the poor and needy. And they will be proud, and they will do abomination before me: and I shall take them away according to what I saw. And Shomeron sinned not according to half thy sins: and thou wilt multiply thine abominations above them, and thou wilt justify thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou didst. And thou also bear thy shame, who didst judge for thy sisters in thy sins which thou didst make abominable above them: they shall be justified more than thou: and also thou, be thou ashamed and bear thy shame in thy justifying thy sisters. And I turned back their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Shomeron and her daughters, and the captivity of thy captivities in their midst: So that thou shalt bear thy shame, and thou wert made ashamed of all which thou didst in thy comforting them. And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall turn back to their beginning, and Shomeron and her daughters shall turn back to their beginning, and thou and thy daughters shall turn back to your beginning. And thy sister Sodom was not for a hearing in thy mouth in the day of thy pride.
Sodom » Abraham's intercession for
And the men will rise up from thence, and will look forth upon the face of Sodom: and Abraham went forth with them to accompany them. And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham what I do? And Abraham being, shall be for a great and numerous nation, and all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves in him. read more.
For I know him, for that he will command his sons and his house after him; and they watched the way of Jehovah to do justice and judgment, for Jehovah to bring upon Abraham what he spake to him. And Jehovah will say, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah became great, and because their sin was exceedingly heavy, I will go now and see whether they did wholly according to its cry coming to me; and if not, I shall know. And the men will turn back from thence, and will go forth to Sodom: and Abraham stood yet before the face of Jehovah. And Abraham will draw near, and will say, Wilt thou also destroy the just with the wicked Perhaps there is fifty just in the midst of the city: wilt thou also destroy and not forgive the place for the sake of the fifty just which are within it? Far be it with respect to thee doing as this word to kill the just with the wicked; and for the just to be as the wicked, far be it with respect to thee: shall not the judge of all the earth do judgment? And Jehovah will say, If I shall find in Sodom fifty just, in the midst of the city, I forgive all the place for their sakes. And Abraham will answer and say, Behold now, I have undertaken to speak to my Lord, and I dust and ashes. If the fifty just shall lack five: wilt thou destroy for sake of five all the city? And he will say, I will not destroy, if I shall find there forty and five. And he added yet to speak to him, and he will say, If forty shall be found there? And he will say, I will not do for sake of forty. And he will say, Now will it not kindle to the Lord, and I will speak: If thirty shall be found there? And he will say, I will not do, if I shall find thirty there. And he will say, Behold now, I have begun to speak to the Lord If twenty shall be found there? And he will say, I will not destroy for sake of twenty. And he will say, Now will it not be angry to the Lord, and I will speak only this once: If ten shall be found there? And he will say, I will not destroy for sake of ten. And Jehovah went forth after that he finished to speak to Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place.
For I know him, for that he will command his sons and his house after him; and they watched the way of Jehovah to do justice and judgment, for Jehovah to bring upon Abraham what he spake to him. And Jehovah will say, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah became great, and because their sin was exceedingly heavy, I will go now and see whether they did wholly according to its cry coming to me; and if not, I shall know. And the men will turn back from thence, and will go forth to Sodom: and Abraham stood yet before the face of Jehovah. And Abraham will draw near, and will say, Wilt thou also destroy the just with the wicked Perhaps there is fifty just in the midst of the city: wilt thou also destroy and not forgive the place for the sake of the fifty just which are within it? Far be it with respect to thee doing as this word to kill the just with the wicked; and for the just to be as the wicked, far be it with respect to thee: shall not the judge of all the earth do judgment? And Jehovah will say, If I shall find in Sodom fifty just, in the midst of the city, I forgive all the place for their sakes. And Abraham will answer and say, Behold now, I have undertaken to speak to my Lord, and I dust and ashes. If the fifty just shall lack five: wilt thou destroy for sake of five all the city? And he will say, I will not destroy, if I shall find there forty and five. And he added yet to speak to him, and he will say, If forty shall be found there? And he will say, I will not do for sake of forty. And he will say, Now will it not kindle to the Lord, and I will speak: If thirty shall be found there? And he will say, I will not do, if I shall find thirty there. And he will say, Behold now, I have begun to speak to the Lord If twenty shall be found there? And he will say, I will not destroy for sake of twenty. And he will say, Now will it not be angry to the Lord, and I will speak only this once: If ten shall be found there? And he will say, I will not destroy for sake of ten. And Jehovah went forth after that he finished to speak to Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place.
Sodom » King of, joins other kings of the nations resisting the invasion of chedorlaomer
And it shall be in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch king of Alasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of nations, Made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, this is Zoar. All these joined together in the valley of Siddim; this is the sea of salt read more.
Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and the thirteenth year they revolted. And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and they shall smite the Rephaims in Ashtaroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim. And the Horites in their mountain Seir to Ael Paran, which is by the wilderness. And they shall turn back and shall come to En-Mishpat; this is Kadesh; and they shall smite all the field of the Amalekites and also of the Amorites dwelling in Hazezon Tamar. And there shall come forth the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela (this is Zoar), and they shall set in array with them the war in the valley of Siddim, With Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal, king of nations, and Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Alasar; four kings with five. And the valley of Siddim, pit, pit of pitch; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah shall flee and shall fall there; and those having remained shall flee to the mountain. And they will take all the substance of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and will go away. And they shall take Lot and his substance, the son of Abram's brother, and will go away, and he will dwell in Sodom.
Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and the thirteenth year they revolted. And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and they shall smite the Rephaims in Ashtaroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim. And the Horites in their mountain Seir to Ael Paran, which is by the wilderness. And they shall turn back and shall come to En-Mishpat; this is Kadesh; and they shall smite all the field of the Amalekites and also of the Amorites dwelling in Hazezon Tamar. And there shall come forth the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela (this is Zoar), and they shall set in array with them the war in the valley of Siddim, With Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal, king of nations, and Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Alasar; four kings with five. And the valley of Siddim, pit, pit of pitch; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah shall flee and shall fall there; and those having remained shall flee to the mountain. And they will take all the substance of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and will go away. And they shall take Lot and his substance, the son of Abram's brother, and will go away, and he will dwell in Sodom.
Sodom » Situated on the plain of the jordan river
And Lot will lift his eyes and will see all the environs of Jordan, that all was watered, before that Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, as the garden of Jehovah as the land of Egypt in thy coming to Zoar.
Sodom » The southeastern limit of the canaanites
And the bound of the Canaanite shall be from Sidon in thy coming to Gerar, to Azzah; in thy coming to Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even to Lasha.
Sodom » Lot lived in
Abram shall dwell in the land of Canaan, and Lot shall dwell in the cities of the country round about, and will pitch the tent at Sodom.