Lux Domini
Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

Key themes

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Glossary

Ammon Place

Biblical region. Modern identification: Amman.

Moab Place

Biblical region. Modern identification: Kerak.

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.