Genesis 19:24

Translations

Modern

Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

Traditional

Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;

Literal

…then YHWH rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from YHWH out of the heavens.

Latin

Igitur Dominus pluit super Sodomam et Gomorrham sulphur et ignem a Domino de cælo:

Original

Hebrew

English

Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

Notes

Genesis 19:23–25

Compare Luke 17:29. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the volcano that destroyed Pompeii in AD 79, along with more recent natural disasters, shows how quickly a complete disaster like this can happen.

Genesis 19:1–38

The Canaanites were evil people who tried to corrupt others. God judged their immoral civilization and warned others not to be like them. It was difficult to get Lot and his family out of Sodom. But it was even more difficult to remove Sodom's influence from them.

This chapter helped later Israelites understand the moral and spiritual dangers of the people living in and around the promised land. This included the Canaanites and Lot’s descendants, the Moabites and the Ammonites (see Numbers 22–25; Deuteronomy 23:3–6; Joshua 24:9; Judges 10:7–9; 11:4–5; 1 Samuel 10:27; 1 Kings 11:1–3; 2 Kings 24:2).

Theme notes and profiles

Abraham Lot Symbolic Numbers

Events

Sodom Destroyedc. 1897 BC

Related verses

Deuteronomy 29:23
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
Isaiah 13:19
And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
2 Peter 2:6
…if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
Amos 4:11
“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
Jude 1:7
In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
Jeremiah 50:40
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
Jeremiah 20:16
May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon,
Hosea 11:8
How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!
Ezekiel 16:49–50
Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
Psalm 11:6
On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
Luke 17:28–29
It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.
Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”

Parallels

Luke 17:20–37

Places

Gomorrah: Wicked city destroyed by God along with Sodom Sodom: Wicked city destroyed by God for its sins

Glossary

Abraham Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Cities of the Plain Dead Sea Ebla Tablets Ezekiel, Book of Genesis, Book of Gomorrah Heaven Jude, Letter of Lot Patriarchs, Period of the Peter, Second Letter of Remnant Sodom and Gomorrah Sulfur Zoar

Topics

Angel (A Spirit): Execute Judgments Upon the Wicked Brimstone: Fire And, Rained Upon Sodom Death: As a Judgment: Sodomites Gomorrah: Destroyed Heaven: God: Sends his Judgments From Holy Spirit: People of Sodom Judgments: Sodomites Judgments: Upon Nations - Exemplified: Sodom 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 Sodomites: Destroyed by Fire As a Judgement The Anger of God: Exemplified Against: Cities of the Plain The Sun: The Jews: Commenced Their Day with the Rising of

Genesis 19:24

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