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:
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Interpretation
Idolatry would be the ruin of their nation. It is no new thing for God to bring desolating judgments on a people near to him in profession.
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This thought runs through Deuteronomy 29:20-24.
Glossary
- Admah Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: south of the Lisan.
- Gomorrah Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: south of the Lisan.
- Sodom Place
- Burning; the walled, a city in the vale of Siddim ( Gen. 13:10 ; 14:1-16 ). The wickedness of its inhabitants brought down upon it fire from heaven, by which it was destroyed (18:16-33; 19:1-29; Deut. 23:17 ). Modern identification: south of the Lisan.
- Zeboiim Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: south of the Lisan.