raining fire and brimstone
Divine wrath descending
Raining fire and brimstone describes divine punishment or catastrophic destruction, from the biblical account of Sodom and Gomorrah's annihilation.
The phrase now applies to any fierce denunciation or wrathful outburst: The preacher was raining fire and brimstone on the congregation.
Someone who rains fire and brimstone delivers harsh, moralistic condemnation.
- SodomDestroyed city of vice
- volcanoEarth's fiery vent
- GomorrahAncient symbol of depravity
- Old TestamentPre-Christian biblical canon
- wrath of GodSupreme being's anger
wrath · condemnation · apocalypse · sulfur dioxide · Revelation · eruption · hellfire · lake of fire · fury · judgment · divine punishment · Ragnarok · pyroclastic flow · vitriol · ash cloud · outrage · hellfire sermon · lava
raining fire and brimstonemisting
Dispersing fine water spray
dew · clear skies · balmy breeze · sunshine
raining fire and brimstonedivine mercy
Godly forgiveness toward humanity
manna from heaven · redemption · salvation · benediction · absolution