as God overthrew, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 19:24; Genesis 19:25.Deuteronomy 29:23; Deuteronomy 29:23). App-92. Compare Isaiah 13:19; Jeremiah 49:18. God. Hebrew Elobim. App-4.
ye were as. firebrand, &c. Compare Zechariah 3:2 .Jude 1:23.
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Amos 4:11
11 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.