Genesis 19:28
He looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region. As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.
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- Rev 18:9 : 9 Then the kings of the earth who committed immoral acts with her and lived in sensual luxury with her will weep and wail for her when they see the smoke from the fire that burns her up.
- Rev 18:18 : 18 and began to shout when they saw the smoke from the fire that burned her up,“Who is like the great city?”
- Rev 19:3 : 3 Then a second time the crowd shouted,“Hallelujah!” The smoke rises from her forever and ever.
- Rev 21:8 : 8 But as for the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death.”
- Ps 107:34 : 34 and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants.
- 2 Pet 2:7 : 7 and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawless men,
- Jude 1:7 : 7 So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns, since they indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire in a way similar to these angels, are now displayed as an example by suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
- Rev 9:2 : 2 He opened the shaft of the abyss and smoke rose out of it like smoke from a giant furnace. The sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft.
- Rev 14:10-11 : 10 that person will also drink of the wine of God’s anger that has been mixed undiluted in the cup of his wrath, and he will be tortured with fire and sulfur in front of the holy angels and in front of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke from their torture will go up forever and ever, and those who worship the beast and his image will have no rest day or night, along with anyone who receives the mark of his name.”
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29So when God destroyed the cities of the region, God honored Abraham’s request. He removed Lot from the midst of the destruction when he destroyed the cities Lot had lived in.
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21“Very well,” he replied,“I will grant this request too and will not overthrow the town you mentioned.
22Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.”(This incident explains why the town was called Zoar.)
23The sun had just risen over the land as Lot reached Zoar.
24Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the LORD.
25So he overthrew those cities and all that region, including all the inhabitants of the cities and the vegetation that grew from the ground.
26But Lot’s wife looked back longingly and was turned into a pillar of salt.
27Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before the LORD.
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10Lot looked up and saw the whole region of the Jordan. He noticed that all of it was well-watered(before the LORD obliterated Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, all the way to Zoar.
11Lot chose for himself the whole region of the Jordan and traveled toward the east. So the relatives separated from each other.
12Abram settled in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled among the cities of the Jordan plain and pitched his tents next to Sodom.
13(Now the people of Sodom were extremely wicked rebels against the LORD.)
14After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram,“Look from the place where you stand to the north, south, east, and west.
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29but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
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12Then the two visitors said to Lot,“Who else do you have here? Do you have any sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or other relatives in the city? Get them out of this place
13because we are about to destroy it. The outcry against this place is so great before the LORD that he has sent us to destroy it.”
14Then Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law who were going to marry his daughters. He said,“Quick, get out of this place because the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was ridiculing them.
15At dawn the angels hurried Lot along, saying,“Get going! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or else you will be destroyed when the city is judged!”
16When Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters because the LORD had compassion on them. They led them away and placed them outside the city.
17When they had brought them outside, they said,“Run for your lives! Don’t look behind you or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains or you will be destroyed!”
18But Lot said to them,“No, please, Lord!
19Your servant has found favor with you, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I am not able to escape to the mountains because this disaster will overtake me and I’ll die.
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20So the LORD said,“The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant
21that I must go down and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. If not, I want to know.”
22The two men turned and headed toward Sodom, but Abraham was still standing before the LORD.
23Abraham approached and said,“Will you really sweep away the godly along with the wicked?
24What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it?
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23The whole land will be covered with brimstone, salt, and burning debris; it will not be planted nor will it sprout or produce grass. It will resemble the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD destroyed in his intense anger.
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16Abraham Pleads for Sodom When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom.(Now Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.)
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1The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while Lot was sitting in the city’s gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground.
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6and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction, having appointed them to serve as an example to future generations of the ungodly,
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26So the LORD replied,“If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
27Then Abraham asked,“Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord(although I am but dust and ashes),
28what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy the whole city because five are lacking?” He replied,“I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
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10Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits. When the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into them, but some survivors fled to the hills.
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4On the third day Abraham caught sight of the place in the distance.
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4Before they could lie down to sleep, all the men– both young and old, from every part of the city of Sodom– surrounded the house.
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40I will destroy Babylonia just like I did Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns. No one will live there. No human being will settle in it,” says the LORD.
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18Edom will be destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns that were around them. No one will live there. No human being will settle in it,” says the LORD.
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18Now Mount Sinai was completely covered with smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire, and its smoke went up like the smoke of a great furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.
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12They also took Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions when they left, for Lot was living in Sodom.
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2Abraham looked up and saw three men standing across from him. When he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.