Early the next morning Abraham came to the place where he had stood in front of the Lord.
I will stand at my guard post. I will station myself on the wall. I will watch to see what he will say to me and what answer I will get to my complaint.
In the morning, O Lord, hear my voice. In the morning I lay my needs in front of you, and I wait.
For this reason we must pay closer attention to what we have heard. Then we won’t drift away ⌞from the truth⌟.
When he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land in the plain, he saw smoke rising from the land like the thick smoke of a furnace.