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A Divine, Not Natural, Act
Commentators agree that while God may have used natural elements like brimstone and flammable materials, the destruction of Sodom was a direct, miraculous act of divine judgment. The text emphasizes this by stating 'Jehovah rained... from Jehovah,' highlighting that this was no ordinary natural disaster but a specific, targeted act of God's wrath against sin.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 19:1–38
18th Century
Theologian
גשׁ־ < הלאה (gesh - hāl'âh), meaning “approach to a distant point,” or “stand back.”
סנורים (san'evērı̂ym
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 19:24
19th Century
Bishop
The Lord (Jehovah) rained ... from the Lord (from Jehovah). —Many commentators, following the Council of Sirmium, see in …
Charles Spurgeon
On Genesis 19:22–28
19th Century
Preacher
For I cannot do anything until you have come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot e…
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John Calvin
On Genesis 19:24
16th Century
Theologian
Then the Lord rained. Moses here succinctly relates in very unostentatious language the destruction of Sodom and of the other cities. The …
John Gill
On Genesis 19:24
17th Century
Pastor
Then the Lord rained upon Sodom, and upon Gomorrah, brimstone
and fire from the Lord out of heaven .
An…
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 19:1–29
17th Century
Minister
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…