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In Amos 4:11
I overthrew some of you as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were
like a burning stick snatched from the fire, yet you have not returned
to me,” declares the LORD.
It seems that Amos is describing here a natural disaster that befell the inhabitants of the northern kingdom of the magnitude of Sodom and Gomorrah. It is not likely that he is describing a battle that brought destruction to the land since we know that the reign of Jeroboam II was very peaceful indeed. Also from the fact that he is comparing it to Sodom and Gomorrah suggests that it is some kind of natural disaster he is describing.
So which natural disaster is he describing? Is he referring to the earthquake that struck the land during the reign of Jeroboam II (See beginning of Amos), or perhaps a volcanic eruption?
