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Genesis 18:20

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Then the Lord said to Abraham, “There are terrible accusations against Sodom and Gomorrah, and their sin is very great.

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whose people were wicked and sinned against the Lord.

because we are going to destroy this place. The Lord has heard the terrible accusations against these people and has sent us to destroy Sodom.”

Before the guests went to bed, the men of Sodom surrounded the house. All the men of the city, both young and old, were there.

Then the Lord said, “Why have you done this terrible thing? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground, like a voice calling for revenge.

God looked at the world and saw that it was evil, for the people were all living evil lives.

Their prejudices will be held against them. They sin as openly as the people of Sodom did. They are doomed, and they have brought it on themselves.

Israel is the vineyard of the Lord Almighty; the people of Judah are the vines he planted. He expected them to do what was good, but instead they committed murder. He expected them to do what was right, but their victims cried out for justice.

My people cry out to me, ‘Even though our sins accuse us, help us, Lord, as you have promised. We have turned away from you many times; we have sinned against you.

But I have seen the prophets in Jerusalem do even worse: they commit adultery and tell lies; they help people to do wrong, so that no one stops doing what is evil. To me they are all as bad as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah.

“Your older sister, with her villages, is Samaria, in the north. Your younger sister, with her villages, is Sodom, in the south.

They are very wicked; cut them down like grain at harvest time; crush them as grapes are crushed in a full wine press until the wine runs over.”

He said, “Go to Nineveh, that great city, and speak out against it; I am aware of how wicked its people are.”

You have not paid any wages to those who work in your fields. Listen to their complaints! The cries of those who gather in your crops have reached the ears of God, the Lord Almighty.




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