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for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is grown great before Yahweh. Yahweh has sent us to destroy it."
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God's Just Judgment on Sin
Commentators explain that the angels' statement confirms the destruction of Sodom is a direct and just judgment from God. The "great cry" that reached God was the cry of the city's overwhelming and openly committed sin. This event serves as a powerful revelation of God's wrath against unrepentant wickedness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
גשׁ־ < הלאה (gesh - hāl'âh), meaning “approach to a distant point,” or “stand back.”
סנורים (san'evērı̂ym
19th Century
Baptist
"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…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For we will destroy this place Or "we are destroying it" F16, are about to do it, and will quickly and im…
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…
