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Genesis 18:20

The Passion Translation

Yahweh explained to Abraham, “The outcry for justice against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant

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Now, the people of Sodom were extremely wicked and rebelled against Yahweh.

because we are about to destroy this place. A tremendous outcry against the people has come before Yahweh, and he has sent us here to destroy it!”

But before they retired for the night, the men of the city, men young and old, from every part of the city of Sodom, to the last man, surrounded the house.

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

for he saw how debased the world had become, for everyone was corrupt to the core.

The look on their impudent faces says it all, for they publicly flaunt their sin like Sodom, not even trying to hide it. Woe to their souls, for they invite disaster upon themselves.

For Israel is this vineyard of Yahweh, the Commander of Angel Armies, and the people of Judah are the garden of his delight. When he waited for a crop of justice, he got a harvest of bloodshed! When he waited to reap fairness, he heard only the cries of victims.

Our guilty sins cry out against us; in our rebellion, time and time again, we have sinned against you. Yahweh, do something to help us, for the sake of your honor.

And I have seen the prophets of Jerusalem do horrible acts: adultery, persistent lying, and promoting the cause of the wicked, so that no one renounces his evil ways. To me, they are all depraved like Sodom, and the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.

Your big sister is Samaria with her daughter-villages to the north of you. Your little sister is Sodom with her daughter-villages to the south of you.

Listen! Can’t you hear the cries of the laborers over the wages you fraudulently held back from those who worked for you? The cries for justice of those you’ve cheated have reached the ears of the Lord of armies!




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