So He overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.
A land of fruit becomes a salty desert, For the evil of those who dwell in it.
All these joined together in the Valley of Siddim, that is the Salt Sea.
And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of the Yardĕ
and having reduced to ashes the cities of Seḏ
Aḇ
‘All its land is sulphur, salt, and burning; it is not sown, nor does it bear, nor does any grass grow there, like the overthrow of Seḏ
“And Baḇ
And let that man be like the cities which יהוה overthrew, and repented not. Let him hear the cry in the morning and the shouting at noon,
“As in the overthrow of Seḏ
“As Elohim overthrew Seḏ
And the crookedness of the daughter of my people Is greater than the punishment of the sin of Seḏ
“And they were haughty and did abomination before Me, and I took them away when I saw it.
“I have overthrown some of you, as Elohim overthrew Seḏ
“And among the prophets of Yerushalayim I have seen a horrible matter: committing adultery and walking in falsehood. And they strengthen the hands of evil ones, so that no one turns back from his evil. All of them are like Seḏ
“Therefore, as I live,” declares יהוה of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ