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for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before Jehovah: and Jehovah hath sent us to destroy it.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

גשׁ־ < הלאה (gesh - hāl'âh), meaning “approach to a distant point,” or “stand back.”

סנורים (san'evērı̂ym

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

"The old man is senile," they said; "he always was peculiar, he never acted like the rest of the citizens; he came in here as a stranger, and he ha…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The Lord has sent us to destroy it. This passage teaches us that the angels are ministers of God's wrath, as well as of his grace. Nor doe…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For we will destroy this place
Or "we are destroying it" F16, are about to do it, and will quickly and im…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Lot was good, but there was no one else of the same character in the city. All the people of Sodom were very wicked and vile. Therefore, care was t…

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