2 Esdras 2:9

9 Their land now lies covered with lumps of tar and heaps of ashes. That is what I do to people who do not obey me.

2 Esdras 2:9 In-Context

7 They will be scattered among the nations, and no one on earth will remember them any longer, for they have despised my covenant.

8 "How terrible will be your punishment, Assyria. You have let wicked people hide within your borders. Remember, sinful nation, what I did to Sodom and Gomorrah.

9 Their land now lies covered with lumps of tar and heaps of ashes. That is what I do to people who do not obey me.

10 "The Lord says to Ezra: Announce to my new people that I will give them the kingdom of Jerusalem, which I had planned to give to Israel.

11 I will take the dazzling light of my presence away from Israel and will give to my new people the eternal Temple that I had prepared for Israel.