Genesis 19:28

And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

Cross-references

Genesis 19:31 shows Lot's daughters fearing no man is left — the same destruction whose smoke their father just fled, now driving their desperate scheme.

Psalm 107:34 Related theme

Psalm 107:34 states God's judgment on wicked lands, which is what Abraham observes in the smoke rising from Sodom.

2 Peter 2:7 Parallel

2 Peter 2:7 recounts the same event from Lot's perspective — God rescued this righteous man from the destruction whose smoke Abraham watched rise from the plain.

Jude 1:7 Citation

Jude 1:7 explicitly cites Sodom and Gomorrah as a warning example — their destruction by fire, whose smoke Abraham saw, serves as eternal testimony against sexual immorality.

Revelation 14:11 describes smoke rising forever from fire and sulfur — echoing Abraham's view of Sodom's smoke but universalized to final, unending judgment.

Revelation 18:9 shows kings watching Babylon's smoke rise, mirroring Abraham watching Sodom's smoke — both observers witnessing divine judgment's devastation from a distance.

Revelation 19:3 says smoke rises from Babylon forever — the same furnace-smoke image Abraham saw, now applied to Babylon's permanent, final destruction.

Joel 2:30 Allusion

Joel 2:30 predicts pillars of smoke as signs of divine judgment — directly echoing the furnace-like smoke Abraham sees rising from the destroyed plain.

2 Peter 2:6 Citation

In 2 Peter 2:6, Sodom and Gomorrah's destruction by fire is explicitly cited as a warning example for future ungodly generations — confirming the judgment witnessed here.

Revelation 18:18 shows merchants seeing Babylon's smoke and crying out — echoing Abraham's vantage point as he watched Sodom's smoke rise like a furnace.

Isaiah 34:9 Allusion

Isaiah 34:9 describes Edom's judgment with brimstone turning the land to burning pitch — the same sulfur-and-fire destruction that produced this smoke.

Jonah 4:5 Parallel

Jonah 4:5 mirrors this scene structurally: a man positioned outside a city, watching to see what will become of it.

Revelation 21:8 names the lake of fire as final judgment — while Sodom's smoke was temporal and visible, this points to permanent, ultimate fire for the unrepentant.

Joshua 8:20 Parallel

In Joshua 8:20, the men of Ai see smoke ascending from their destroyed city — the same image of smoke rising as a sign of judgment.

In Judges 20:40, a pillar of smoke rises from burning Gibeah — another image of judgment's smoke ascending, mirroring the Sodom scene.