I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

I have overthrown some of you - The earthquake is probably reserved to the last, as being the rarest, and so the most special, visi…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Overthrown. — Another terrible calamity, an earthquake, is referred to, and perhaps a volcanic eruption. Dr. Pusey enumerates a lo…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Amos proceeds further and says that God had used a severity towards his chosen people similar to that which he formerly showed towards Sodom and Go…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

I have overthrown [some] of you, as God overthrew Sodom and
Gomorrah
Either their hou…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

See the folly of carnal hearts; they wander from one creature to another, seeking for something to satisfy, and labor for that which does not satis…

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