Gomorrah

AI summary: Gomorrah is almost always remembered in tandem with Sodom, which is itself significant. Together the two cities become a fixed biblical pair representing grievous corruption and decisive judgment. While Gomorrah has less independent narrative detail than Sodom, its repeated pairing means it shares in the larger theological force of the destruction of the plain. Prophets, Jesus, and later New Testament writers all draw on that memory. Across the cross references, Gomorrah functions as a companion symbol of ruin, warning, and accountability.¹

Submersion, one of the five cities of the plain of Siddim (q.v.) which were destroyed by fire (Gen. 10:19; 13:10; 19:24, 28). These cities probably stood close together, and were near the northern extremity of what is now the Dead Sea. This city is always mentioned next after Sodom, both of which were types of impiety and wickedness (Gen. 18:20; Rom. 9:29). Their destruction is mentioned as an “ensample unto those that after should live ungodly” (2 Pet. 2:6; Jude 1:4-7). Their wickedness became proverbial (Deut. 32:32; Isa. 1:9, 10; Jer. 23:14). But that wickedness may be exceeded (Matt. 10:15; Mark 6:11). (See DEAD SEA). ³