Sodom and Gomorrah were two cities near the Dead Sea, overthrown by God for their sins (Genesis 19:24–26). These cities became in Scripture a prophetic motif for divine overthrow (Isaiah 1:9; Isaiah 13:19; Jeremiah 49:18; Jeremiah 50:40; Lamentations 4:6; Amos 4:11).1
9 Therefore, as I live,” declares the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, “Moab shall become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land possessed by nettles and salt pits, and a waste forever. The remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”