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He looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and looked, and saw that the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.
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The Smoke of Judgment
Abraham witnessed the aftermath of God's judgment, a scene of total destruction. Commentators note the imagery of smoke rising "as from a furnace" or, more accurately, a "kiln," signifies an incredibly intense and complete fire. This visual confirmation serves as a sober reminder of the reality and severity of God's wrath against unrepentant sin.
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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
Lo, the smoke of the country (really, land) went up as the smoke of a furnace.
The substitution …
Baptist
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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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain To see …
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…
