rained fire and brimstone
Biblical sulfurous punishment
Rained fire and brimstone describes divine or catastrophic destruction, from the biblical account of God destroying Sodom and Gomorrah.
The phrase now typically describes harsh condemnation or angry moralizing: The preacher rained fire and brimstone on the congregation.
Someone who rains fire and brimstone delivers fierce, often self-righteous denunciations.
- cataclysmViolent, large-scale disaster
- divine wrathSacred punishment from above
- judgment dayFinal divine assessment
- end timesProphesied apocalyptic conclusion
- volcanic eruptionExplosive geological discharge
hellfire · apocalypse · plagues · scourge · eternal damnation · meteor shower · Sodom and Gomorrah · punishment · reckoning · sulfur deposits · scorched earth · carpet bombing · Armageddon · wrath of God · Old Testament · annihilation · fury · vengeance