"Hurry,escapethere,for I cannotdoanythinguntilyou arrivethere."Thereforethe nameof the townwas calledZoar.
Lotliftedup his eyesand sawallthe valleyof the Jordan,that it was wellwateredeverywhere--[this was] beforethe LORDdestroyedSodomand Gomorrah--like the gardenof the LORD,like the landof Egyptas you goto Zoar.
[that] they madewarwith Berakingof Sodom,and with Birshakingof Gomorrah,Shinabkingof Admah,and Shemeberkingof Zeboiim,and the kingof Bela(that is, Zoar).
He saidto him, "Behold,I grantyou thisrequestalso,not to overthrowthe townof whichyou have spoken.
The sunhad risenoverthe earthwhen Lotcameto Zoar.
"Nowthen letMe alone,that My angermay burnagainst them and that I may destroythem; and I will makeof you a greatnation."
My heartcriesout for Moab;His fugitivesare as faras Zoar[and] Eglath-shelishiyah,For they goup the ascentof Luhithweeping;Surelyon the roadto Horonaimthey raisea cryof distressover [their] ruin.
Thussaysthe LORD,"As the newwineis foundin the cluster,And one says,'Do not destroyit, for there is benefitin it,' SoI will acton behalfof My servantsIn order not to destroyallof them.
"From the outcryat Heshboneven to Elealeh,even to Jahazthey have raisedtheir voice,from Zoareven to Horonaim[and to] Eglath-shelishiyah;for eventhe watersof Nimrimwill becomedesolate.
And He coulddonomiraclethereexceptthat He laidHis handson a fewsick peopleand healedthem.
and the Negevand the plainin the valleyof Jericho,the cityof palmtrees,as faras Zoar.
LetMe alone,that I may destroythem and blotout their namefrom underheaven;and I will makeof you a nationmightierand greaterthanthey.'
Ifwe are faithless,He remainsfaithful,for He cannotdenyHimself.
in the hopeof eternallife,whichGod,who cannot lie,promisedlong agesago,
