Genesis 19:22 - Easy To Read Version But run there fast. I can’t destroy Sodom until you are safely in that town.” (That town is named Zoar, [108] because it is a small town.) Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Make haste and take refuge there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar [little]. American Standard Version (1901) Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. Common English Bible Hurry! Escape to it! I can’t do anything until you get there.” That is why the name of the city is Zoar. Catholic Public Domain Version Hurry and be saved there. For I cannot do anything until you enter there." For this reason, the name of that city is called Zoar. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Make haste and be saved there, because I cannot do any thing till thou go in thither. Therefore the name of that city was called Segor. |
Lot looked and saw the Jordan Valley. Lot saw that there was much water there. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. At that time the Jordan Valley all the way to Zoar was like the Lord’s Garden. This was good land, like the land of Egypt.)
All these kings fought a war against Bera the king of Sodom, Birsha the king of Gomorrah, Shinab the king of Admah, Shemeber the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela. (Bela is also called Zoar.)
The angel said to Lot, “Fine. I’ll let you do that. I won’t destroy that town.
So now let me destroy them in anger. Then I will make a great nation from you.”
My heart cries with sorrow for Moab.\par People are running for safety.\par They run far away to Zoar.\par They run to Eglath Shelishiyah.\par The people are crying as they go up\par the mountain road to Luhith.\par The people are crying very loudly\par as they walk on the road to Horonaim.\par
The Lord says, “When there is new wine in the grapes, people squeeze out the wine. But they don’t completely destroy the grapes. They do this because the grapes can still be used. I will do the same thing to my servants. I will not completely destroy them.
“The people of the towns of Heshbon and Elealeh are crying. Their cry is heard even as far away as the town of Jahaz. Their cry is heard from the town of Zoar, as far away as the towns of Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah. Even the waters of Nimrim are dried.
Jesus was not able to do many miracles {\cf2\super [64]} in that town. The only miracles he did were to heal some sick people by putting his hands on them.
The Lord showed Moses the Negev [227] and the valley that goes from Zoar to Jericho, the city of palm trees.
Let me destroy these people completely, so no one will even remember their names! Then I will make another nation from you that is stronger and greater than these people.’
If we are not faithful,\par he will still be faithful,\par because he cannot be false to himself.\par
That faith and that knowledge come from our hope for life forever. God promised that life to us before time began—and God does not lie.