Genesis 19:22

New English Translation

Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” (This incident explains why the town was called Zoar.)

Cross References

Genesis 13:10

Lot looked up and saw the whole region of the Jordan. He noticed that all of it was well-watered (before the Lord obliterated Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, all the way to Zoar.

Genesis 14:2

went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).

Genesis 19:21

“Very well,” he replied, “I will grant this request too and will not overthrow the town you mentioned.

Genesis 19:23

The sun had just risen over the land as Lot reached Zoar.

Exodus 32:10

So now, leave me alone so that my anger can burn against them and I can destroy them, and I will make from you a great nation.”

Isaiah 15:5

My heart cries out because of Moab’s plight, and for the fugitives stretched out as far as Zoar and Eglath Shelishiyah. For they weep as they make their way up the ascent of Luhith; they loudly lament their demise on the road to Horonaim.

Isaiah 65:8

This is what the Lord says: “When juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes, someone says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for it contains juice.’ So I will do for the sake of my servants – I will not destroy everyone.

Jeremiah 48:34

Cries of anguish raised from Heshbon and Elealeh will be sounded as far as Jahaz. They will be sounded from Zoar as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah. For even the waters of Nimrim will be dried up.

Mark 6:5

He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.

Deuteronomy 34:3

the Negev, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of the date palm trees, as far as Zoar.

Deuteronomy 9:14

Stand aside and I will destroy them, obliterating their very name from memory, and I will make you into a stronger and more numerous nation than they are.”

2 Timothy 2:13

If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, since he cannot deny himself.

Titus 1:2

in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the ages began.