Amos 4:11
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.
Cross-references
Amos 4:6 begins the same pattern of judgment ('yet you did not return to me'), climaxing in the Sodom-like overthrow of verse 11.
Genesis 19:25 details that the overthrow included cities, inhabitants, and vegetation, expanding the scope of Amos's 'as God overthrew Sodom.'
Revelation 9:20 echoes the refrain 'yet they did not repent' — directly parallel to 'yet you did not return to me' in Amos 4:11.
Jude 1:23 urges 'snatching others out of the fire', a direct parallel to the brand plucked from the fire as a rescue image.
Jude 1:7 also uses Sodom and Gomorrah as an example of eternal punishment, echoing Amos's comparison to God's overthrowing.
2 Peter 2:6 cites Sodom and Gomorrah's destruction as an example for the ungodly, reinforcing Amos's warning that judgment follows sin.
Zechariah 3:2 directly quotes the 'brand plucked from the fire' phrase, applying it to Joshua the high priest as a sign of rescue.
Genesis 19:24 records the actual divine destruction of Sodom with sulfur and fire, the event Amos compares to Israel's judgment.
Jeremiah 50:40 directly cites the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah as a model for Babylon's destruction.
Ezekiel 16:50 recounts God's judgment on Sodom for their sins — the same overthrow referenced here.
Jeremiah 20:16 curses by comparing to towns God overthrew without pity — same Sodom-like destruction imagery.
Luke 17:29 recounts the historical Sodom destruction that Amos uses as a metaphor for Israel's judgment — fire and sulfur from heaven.
Romans 9:29 quotes Isaiah's Sodom-remnant motif, echoing Amos's 'brand plucked from the burning' — both emphasize a spared remnant.
Isaiah 1:9 uses the same 'like Sodom and Gomorrah' phrase to describe survivors — directly paralleling the burning stick snatched from fire.
Deuteronomy 29:23 uses the same Sodom and Gomorrah analogy for utter destruction, reinforcing the warning of judgment here.
Hosea 11:8 contrasts Amos's judgment by showing God's reluctance to destroy Israel 'like Admah'—a different side of the same metaphor.
Jeremiah 49:18 uses the overthrow of Sodom and neighbors to describe Edom's desolation, similar to Amos's warning to Israel.
Isaiah 13:19 applies the same Sodom comparison to Babylon's future ruin, showing it as a standard metaphor for total destruction.
In 1 Corinthians 3:15, being saved 'through fire' echoes the brand plucked from fire, but Paul applies it to tested works, not judgment for rebellion.
Revelation 11:8 symbolically calls Jerusalem 'Sodom,' using the same city as a metaphor for wickedness under judgment.