Now the people of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord.
Genesis 19:13 - New International Version (Anglicised) because we are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the Lord against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For we will spoil and destroy [Sodom]; for the outcry and shriek against its people has grown great before the Lord, and He has sent us to destroy it. American Standard Version (1901) for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before Jehovah; and Jehovah hath sent us to destroy it. Common English Bible because we are about to destroy this place. The LORD has found the cries of injustice so serious that the LORD sent us to destroy it.” Catholic Public Domain Version For we will eliminate this place, because the outcry among them has increased before the Lord, who sent us to destroy them." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For we will destroy this place; because their cry is grown loud before the Lord, who hath sent us to destroy them. |
Now the people of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord.
Then the Lord said, ‘The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
The two men said to Lot, ‘Do you have anyone else here – sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,
Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them! They will be paid back for what their hands have done.
Furthermore, have I come to attack and destroy this land without the Lord? The Lord himself told me to march against this country and destroy it.” ’
Then the angel of the Lord went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning – there were all the dead bodies!
When the Lord could no longer endure your wicked actions and the detestable things you did, your land became a curse and a desolate waste without inhabitants, as it is today.
I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars and pile your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your idols, and I will abhor you.
‘Separate yourselves from this assembly so that I can put an end to them at once.’
Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
All these curses will come on you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the Lord your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you.
I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed.
Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.
In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.