Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 19:24

24. Then the LORD rained upon Sodom, and upon Gomorrha , brimstone and fire , from the LORD out of Heaven.

And the Neighbouring Cities, Admah and Zeboim, as appears from Deut. 29. 23. Ier. 49. 18. Hos. 11. 8.

Brimstone is added to the fire either to conveigh and carry down the fire which in it self is light and apt to ascend, or to increase it. Isa. 30. 33. or to represent the noysomness of their lusts.

(i. e.) From himself: The noun put for the pronoun, as Gen. 1. 27. 2 Chron. 7. 2. But here it is emphatically so expressed, Either 1. To signifie that it proceeded not from natural causes, but from the immediate hand of God. Or, 2. To note the plurality of persons in the Godhead, God the Son, who now appeared upon the Earth rained from God his Father in Heaven, both concurring in this act, as indeed all outward actions are common to all the persons of the Trinity.

Marginal references: Deut. 29. 23. Isa. 13. 19. Jer. 50. 40. Ez. 16. 49. Hos. 11. 8. Amos 4. 11. Luke 17. 29. 2 Pet. 2. 6. Jude 7.; See Jud. 5. 20. 2 Chron. 7. 1. Ezek. 11. 24.