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A Complete Destruction
Commentators describe the overthrow as a total and catastrophic judgment. They note that it likely involved a combination of supernatural fire from heaven and natural phenomena like earthquakes and the ignition of the region's asphalt, destroying the cities, all inhabitants, and even the vegetation.
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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 19:25
19th Century
Bishop
Overthrew. —This does not mean submerged, and the agent in the destruction was fire and not water. “The plain” (Hebrew, <…
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 Gill
On Genesis 19:25
17th Century
Pastor
And he overthrew those cities
Of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim: very probably at the same time that this fiery…
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…