Study it in the app“—all its land brimstone and salt, a burning; it will not be sown, and it will not sprout, and no plant will come up in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which YHWH overthrew in his anger and in his wrath—”
—allכָלits landאַרְצָהּbrimstoneגָּפְרִיתand salt,וָמֶלַחa burning;שְׂרֵפָהit will notלֹאbe sown,תִזָּרַעand it will notוְלֹאsprout,תַצְמִחַand noוְלֹא כָּלplantעֵשֶׂבwill come upיַעֲלֶהin it,בָהּlike the overthrowכְּמַהְפֵּכַתof Sodomסְדֹםand Gomorrah,וַעֲמֹרָהAdmahאַדְמָהand Zeboiim,וּצְבוֹיִםwhichאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהoverthrewהָפַךְin his angerבְּאַפּוֹand in his wrath—וּבַחֲמָתוֹ
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsa” appearssulfur
Sulfur: a mineral that burns with a flame and a strong smell.
Where else “gafrit” appearssalt
Salt. "The Salt Sea" is the Dead Sea.
Where else “melach” appearsburning
Burning, fire.
Where else “serefa” appearssow
To put seed in the ground.
Where else “tizara” appearssprout
Sprout, spring up; begin to grow.
Where else “tatsmiach” appearsplants, vegetation
Small plants, herbs and crops that serve as food for people and animals.
Where else “esev” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaale” appearsoverthrow
Overthrow: a destruction that leaves a place turned upside down, like Sodom.
Where else “mahpechat” appearsSodom
See it on the mapWhere else “sedom” appearsGomorrah
See it on the mapWhere else “amora” appearsAdmah
Admah, a town near Sodom.
Where else “adma” appearsZeboiim
Zeboiim, a town near Sodom.
Where else “tsevoyim” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsoverthrow
To bring down cities like Sodom.
Where else “hafach” appearsanger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “ap” appearsfury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chamat” appears1Sodom ?
Today: disputed; perhaps south or northeast of the Dead Sea
A city of the Jordan plain; its site is not known for certain, perhaps near the Dead Sea.
Its people were very wicked (Gen 13:13). God destroyed it with fire, and saved Lot (Gen 19:24-25).
2Gomorrah ?
Today: disputed; near the Dead Sea
A city of the Jordan plain, next to Sodom; its site is not known for certain.
God destroyed it together with Sodom for its great sin (Gen 18:20; 19:24).
22And the generation to come, your sons who rise up after you, and the foreigner who comes from a distant land, will say, when they see the blows of that land and its sicknesses with which YHWH has made it sick
23 · This verse (above)
24all the nations will say, “Why has YHWH done thus to this land? What is the heat of this great anger?”
