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Genesis 18:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD said, “Abraham, I have heard that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah are doing all kinds of evil things.

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where the people were evil and sinned terribly against the LORD.

Before Lot and his guests could go to bed, every man in Sodom, young and old, came and stood outside his house

Then the LORD said: Why have you done this terrible thing? You killed your own brother, and his blood flowed on to the ground. Now his blood is calling out for me to punish you.

The look on your faces shows that you are sinful as Sodom, and you don't try to hide it. You are in for trouble, and you have brought it all on yourselves.

I am the LORD All-Powerful! Israel is the vineyard, and Judah is the garden I tended with care. I had hoped for honesty and for justice, but dishonesty and cries for mercy were all I found.

Our terrible sins may demand that we be punished. But if you rescue us, LORD, everyone will see how great you are.

And you prophets in Jerusalem are even worse. You're unfaithful in marriage and never tell the truth. You even lead others to sin instead of helping them turn back to me. You and the people of Jerusalem are evil like Sodom and Gomorrah.

Your elder sister was Samaria, that city to your north with her nearby villages. Your younger sister was Sodom, that city to your south with her nearby villages.

They are a field of ripe crops. Bring in the harvest! They are grapes piled high. Start trampling them now! If our enemy's sins were wine, every jar would overflow.

to go to the great city of Nineveh and say to the people, “The LORD has seen your terrible sins. You are doomed!”

You refused to pay the people who worked in your fields, and now their unpaid wages are shouting out against you. The Lord All-Powerful has heard the cries of the workers who harvested your crops.




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