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Genesis 18:20

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So the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant

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(Now the people of Sodom were extremely wicked rebels against the Lord.)

because we are about to destroy it. The outcry against this place is so great before the Lord that he has sent us to destroy it.”

Before they could lie down to sleep, all the men – both young and old, from every part of the city of Sodom – surrounded the house.

But the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!

God saw the earth, and indeed it was ruined, for all living creatures on the earth were sinful.

The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Too bad for them! For they bring disaster on themselves.

Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the Lord who commands armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got – disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got – cries for help!

Then I said, “O Lord, intervene for the honor of your name even though our sins speak out against us. Indeed, we have turned away from you many times. We have sinned against you.

But I see the prophets of Jerusalem doing something just as shocking. They are unfaithful to me and continually prophesy lies. So they give encouragement to people who are doing evil, with the result that they do not stop their evildoing. I consider all of them as bad as the people of Sodom, and the citizens of Jerusalem as bad as the people of Gomorrah.

Your older sister was Samaria, who lived north of you with her daughters, and your younger sister, who lived south of you, was Sodom with her daughters.

Rush forth with the sickle, for the harvest is ripe! Come, stomp the grapes, for the winepress is full! The vats overflow. Indeed, their evil is great!

“Go immediately to Nineveh, that large capital city, and announce judgment against its people because their wickedness has come to my attention.”

Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.




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