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When the morning arose, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, "Arise, take your wife, and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city."
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The Danger of Delay
Commentators like Calvin and Henry note that even righteous Lot lingered when told to flee. His hesitation, born from anxiety and attachment to his life in Sodom, is seen as a mirror for our own spiritual slowness. When God calls us to leave a sinful situation or obey Him, delaying can be spiritually fatal. The angels' urgent command, "Arise... lest you be consumed," highlights the serious consequences of procrastination in matters of faith.
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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
Anglican
When the morning arose. —Lot had thus the night for making his preparations, but part of this he spent in his visits to his sons-in-law.
Baptist
I have always felt pleased to think that there were precisely enough hands to lead out these four people, Lot, and his wife, and their two daughter…
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16th Century
Protestant
The angels hastened Lot. Having praised the faith and piety of Lot, Moses shows that something human still clung to him, because the angel…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when the morning arose When it was break of day, for as yet the sun was not risen, nor did it rise until Lot got …
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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