Reference: Brimstone
American
A mineral substance, highly inflammable, and burning with a suffocating smell. Sodom and the other cities of the plain were destroyed "by brimstone and fire," Ge 19:24; and this awful catastrophe is often used in Scripture, as an emblem of temporal and eternal judgments of God upon the wicked, Job 18:15; Ps 11:6; Isa 30:33; 34:9; Re 21:8.
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Then the LORD rained sulfur and fire out of the sky from the LORD on Sodom and Gomorrah,
"There's nothing in his tent that belongs to him; sulfur is scattered all over his dwelling place.
He rains on the wicked burning coals and sulfur; a scorching wind is their destiny.
For the Fire Pit has long been prepared; truly it is for the king; it will indeed be made ready. And its pyre will be deep and wide, with abundant fire and wood. Like a stream of burning sulfur, the breath of the LORD will set it ablaze.
Edom's streams will be turned into burning sulfur, and its dust into sulfur; its land will become pitch.
But people who are cowardly, unfaithful, detestable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars will find themselves in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death."
Easton
an inflammable mineral substance found in quantities on the shores of the Dead Sea. The cities of the plain were destroyed by a rain of fire and brimstone (Ge 19:24-25). In Isa 34:9 allusion is made to the destruction of these cities. This word figuratively denotes destruction or punishment (Job 18:15; Isa 30:33; 34:9; Ps 11:6; Eze 38:22). It is used to express the idea of excruciating torment in Re 14:10; 19:20; 20:10.
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Then the LORD rained sulfur and fire out of the sky from the LORD on Sodom and Gomorrah, overthrowing those cities, all of the plain, and everyone who lived in the cities. He also destroyed the plants that grew out of the ground.
"There's nothing in his tent that belongs to him; sulfur is scattered all over his dwelling place.
He rains on the wicked burning coals and sulfur; a scorching wind is their destiny.
For the Fire Pit has long been prepared; truly it is for the king; it will indeed be made ready. And its pyre will be deep and wide, with abundant fire and wood. Like a stream of burning sulfur, the breath of the LORD will set it ablaze.
Edom's streams will be turned into burning sulfur, and its dust into sulfur; its land will become pitch.
Edom's streams will be turned into burning sulfur, and its dust into sulfur; its land will become pitch.
I'll judge them with disease and bloodshed. I'll shower him, his soldiers, and the vast army that accompanies him with a torrential flood, hailstones, fire, and sulfur.
will drink the wine of God's wrath, which has been poured undiluted into the cup of his anger. He will be tortured with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and the lamb.
The beast was captured, along with the false prophet who had performed signs on its behalf. By these signs the false prophet had deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and worshipped its image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
and the Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were. They will be tortured day and night forever and ever.
Fausets
gaphrith, related to gopher wood, and so expressing any inflammable substance, as sulphur, which burns with a suffocating smell. It is a mineral found in quantities on the shores of the Dead Sea. It was the instrument used in destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, the adjoining cities of the plain (Ge 19:24), for divine miracle does not supersede the use of God's existing natural agents, but moves in connection with them. An image of every visitation of God's vengeance on the ungodly, especially of the final one (De 29:23; Job 18:15; Ps 11:6; Isa 34:9; Eze 38:22; Re 19:20; 20:10; 21:8).
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Then the LORD rained sulfur and fire out of the sky from the LORD on Sodom and Gomorrah,
Then the LORD rained sulfur and fire out of the sky from the LORD on Sodom and Gomorrah,
The whole land will be covered with salt pits and burning sulfur, with nothing planted, nothing sprouting, and producing no vegetation overthrown like Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, when the LORD overthrew them in his raging fury.
The whole land will be covered with salt pits and burning sulfur, with nothing planted, nothing sprouting, and producing no vegetation overthrown like Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, when the LORD overthrew them in his raging fury.
"There's nothing in his tent that belongs to him; sulfur is scattered all over his dwelling place.
"There's nothing in his tent that belongs to him; sulfur is scattered all over his dwelling place.
He rains on the wicked burning coals and sulfur; a scorching wind is their destiny.
He rains on the wicked burning coals and sulfur; a scorching wind is their destiny.
Edom's streams will be turned into burning sulfur, and its dust into sulfur; its land will become pitch.
Edom's streams will be turned into burning sulfur, and its dust into sulfur; its land will become pitch.
I'll judge them with disease and bloodshed. I'll shower him, his soldiers, and the vast army that accompanies him with a torrential flood, hailstones, fire, and sulfur.
I'll judge them with disease and bloodshed. I'll shower him, his soldiers, and the vast army that accompanies him with a torrential flood, hailstones, fire, and sulfur.
The beast was captured, along with the false prophet who had performed signs on its behalf. By these signs the false prophet had deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and worshipped its image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
The beast was captured, along with the false prophet who had performed signs on its behalf. By these signs the false prophet had deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and worshipped its image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
and the Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were. They will be tortured day and night forever and ever.
and the Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were. They will be tortured day and night forever and ever.
But people who are cowardly, unfaithful, detestable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars will find themselves in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death."
But people who are cowardly, unfaithful, detestable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars will find themselves in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death."
Hastings
BRIMSTONE, or sulphur, is one of the chemical elements. It is found in volcanic regions both uncombined as a deposit and also as a constituent of the gases (sulphur di-oxide and sulphuretted hydrogen) which are exhaled from the earth or dissolved in the water of hot springs. Such sulphur springs are abundant in the Jordan Valley and on the shores of the Dead Sea. The account of the destruction of the Cities of the Plain (Ge 19:24,28; Lu 17:29) states that the Lord rained upon them 'brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven,' and the most generally accepted view is that the disaster was due to an eruption of petroleum, caused by an earthquake. This is more probable on geological grounds than a volcanic eruption. In either case the 'brimstone' would not be solid sulphur, but the choking gases mentiooed above, which would accompany the rain of fire (see Driver, in loc.; Tristram, Land of Israel, 353 f.; Dawson, Egypt and Syria, 129f.). This passage suggests the imagery of a number of others in which 'fire and brimstone' are agencies of destruction (Ps 11:6; Eze 38:22; Re 9:17-18; 14:10; 19:20; 20:10; 21:8). In the last three of these the peculiar feature of the 'lake' may be a reminiscence of a volcanic crater filled with molten lava and exhaling sulphurous fumes (cf. the' great mountain burning with fire,' Re 9:6). In De 29:23 there is a warning that if Israel is disobedient, their whole land will be 'brimstone and salt,' like the desolate region round the Dead Sea. In Isa 34:9 a similar threat is uttered against Edom. In Isa 30:33 the 'breath of the Lord' kindling Tophet, is like a stream of brimstone.
James Patrick.
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Then the LORD rained sulfur and fire out of the sky from the LORD on Sodom and Gomorrah,
He looked off toward Sodom, Gomorrah, and the entire plain, and he saw smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
The whole land will be covered with salt pits and burning sulfur, with nothing planted, nothing sprouting, and producing no vegetation overthrown like Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, when the LORD overthrew them in his raging fury.
He rains on the wicked burning coals and sulfur; a scorching wind is their destiny.
For the Fire Pit has long been prepared; truly it is for the king; it will indeed be made ready. And its pyre will be deep and wide, with abundant fire and wood. Like a stream of burning sulfur, the breath of the LORD will set it ablaze.
Edom's streams will be turned into burning sulfur, and its dust into sulfur; its land will become pitch.
I'll judge them with disease and bloodshed. I'll shower him, his soldiers, and the vast army that accompanies him with a torrential flood, hailstones, fire, and sulfur.
But on the day when Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed all of them.
In those days people will seek death, but never find it. They will long to die, but death will escape them.
This was how I saw the horses in my vision: The riders wore breastplates that had the color of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like lions' heads, and fire, smoke, and sulfur came out of their mouths. By these three plagues the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came out of their mouths one-third of humanity was killed.
will drink the wine of God's wrath, which has been poured undiluted into the cup of his anger. He will be tortured with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and the lamb.
The beast was captured, along with the false prophet who had performed signs on its behalf. By these signs the false prophet had deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and worshipped its image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
and the Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were. They will be tortured day and night forever and ever.
But people who are cowardly, unfaithful, detestable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars will find themselves in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death."
Morish
Bitumen, pitch, or sulphur, which is still found in its crude state in Palestine. In God's judgement it was rained from heaven. Ge 19:24; Ps 11:6; Eze 38:22; Lu 17:29. It is symbolical of that which will add to the torment and anguish of the wicked. Re 14:10; 19:20; 20:10; 21:8.
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Then the LORD rained sulfur and fire out of the sky from the LORD on Sodom and Gomorrah,
He rains on the wicked burning coals and sulfur; a scorching wind is their destiny.
I'll judge them with disease and bloodshed. I'll shower him, his soldiers, and the vast army that accompanies him with a torrential flood, hailstones, fire, and sulfur.
But on the day when Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed all of them.
will drink the wine of God's wrath, which has been poured undiluted into the cup of his anger. He will be tortured with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and the lamb.
The beast was captured, along with the false prophet who had performed signs on its behalf. By these signs the false prophet had deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and worshipped its image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
and the Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were. They will be tortured day and night forever and ever.
But people who are cowardly, unfaithful, detestable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars will find themselves in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death."
Smith
Brimstone.
Brimstone, or sulphur, is found in considerable quantities on the shores of the Dead Sea.
It is a well-known simple mineral substance, crystalline, easily melted, very inflammable, and when burning emits a peculiar suffocating odor. It is found in great abundance near volcanoes. The soil around Sodom and Gomorrah abounded in sulphur and bitumen.
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Then the LORD rained sulfur and fire out of the sky from the LORD on Sodom and Gomorrah,
Watsons
BRIMSTONE, ?????, Ge 19:24; De 29:23; Job 18:15; Ps 11:6; Isa 30:33; 34:9; Eze 38:22. It is rendered ????? by the Septuagint, and is so called in Lu 17:29. Fire and brimstone are represented in many passages of Scripture as the elements by which God punishes the wicked; both in this life, and another. There is in this a manifest allusion to the overthrow of the cities of the plain of the Jordan, by showers of ignited sulphur, to which the physical appearances of the country bear witness to this day. The soil is bituminous, and might be raised by eruptions into the air, and then inflamed and return in horrid showers of overwhelming fire. This awful catastrophe, therefore, stands as a type of the final and eternal punishment of the wicked in another world. In Job 18:15, Bildad, describing the calamities which overtake the wicked person, says, "Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. This may be a general expression, to designate any great destruction: as that in Ps 11:6, "Upon the wicked he shall rain fire and brimstone." Moses, among other calamities which he sets forth in case of the people's disobedience, threatens them with the fall of brimstone, salt, and burning like the overthrow of Sodom, &c, De 29:23. The Prophet Isa 34:9, writes that the anger of the Lord shall be shown by the streams of the land being turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone. See DEAD SEA.
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Then the LORD rained sulfur and fire out of the sky from the LORD on Sodom and Gomorrah,
The whole land will be covered with salt pits and burning sulfur, with nothing planted, nothing sprouting, and producing no vegetation overthrown like Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, when the LORD overthrew them in his raging fury.
The whole land will be covered with salt pits and burning sulfur, with nothing planted, nothing sprouting, and producing no vegetation overthrown like Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, when the LORD overthrew them in his raging fury.
"There's nothing in his tent that belongs to him; sulfur is scattered all over his dwelling place.
"There's nothing in his tent that belongs to him; sulfur is scattered all over his dwelling place.
He rains on the wicked burning coals and sulfur; a scorching wind is their destiny.
He rains on the wicked burning coals and sulfur; a scorching wind is their destiny.
For the Fire Pit has long been prepared; truly it is for the king; it will indeed be made ready. And its pyre will be deep and wide, with abundant fire and wood. Like a stream of burning sulfur, the breath of the LORD will set it ablaze.
Edom's streams will be turned into burning sulfur, and its dust into sulfur; its land will become pitch.
Edom's streams will be turned into burning sulfur, and its dust into sulfur; its land will become pitch.
I'll judge them with disease and bloodshed. I'll shower him, his soldiers, and the vast army that accompanies him with a torrential flood, hailstones, fire, and sulfur.