Genesis 19:13
11 And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.
12 Then the two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—a son-in-law, your sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,
because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”
14 So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
15 At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- for we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown so great before the LORD that the LORD has sent us to destroy it.”
- ASV
- for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before Jehovah: and Jehovah hath sent us to destroy it.
- DARBY
- For we are going to destroy this place, because the cry of them is great before Jehovah, and Jehovah has sent us to destroy it.
- BLB
- For we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the face of YHWH, and YHWH has sent us to destroy it.”
- ÅB
- For nå skal vi ødelegge dette sted, fordi et sterkt klagerop over dem er nådd opp til Herren, og Herren har sendt oss for å ødelegge det.
- OTB
- for vi er i ferd med å ødelegge dette stedet, fordi ropet mot dets folk har blitt stort for Herren; Herren har sendt oss for å ødelegge det."
- B1930
- For nu skal vi ødelegge dette sted, fordi et sterkt klagerop over dem er nådd op til Herren, og Herren har sendt oss for å ødelegge det.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 18:20
Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
Read in contextMatthew 13:49–50
So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous,
Read in contextJude 1:7
In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
Read in contextRevelation 16:1–12
Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”
Read in contextActs 12:23
Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
Read in contextJames 5:4
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
Read in contextMatthew 13:41–42
The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
Read in contextRomans 3:8–9
Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
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