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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/genesis/19.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/19.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/19.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />He utterly destroyed them, along with the other cities and villages of the plain, wiping out all the people and every bit of vegetation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/19.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And he overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/19.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and He overthrew those cities, and all the surrounding area, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and He overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and He overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and He overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and He overthrew (demolished, ended) those cities, and the entire valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and whatever grew on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He demolished these cities, the entire plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and whatever grew on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He demolished these cities, the entire plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and whatever grew on the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />He destroyed those cities and everyone who lived in them, as well as their land and the trees and grass that grew there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He destroyed those cities, the whole plain, all who lived in the cities, and whatever grew on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and destroyed them and the whole valley, along with all the people there and everything that grew on the land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />overthrowing those cities, all of the plain, and everyone who lived in the cities. He also destroyed the plants that grew out of the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So he overthrew those cities and all that region, including all the inhabitants of the cities and the vegetation that grew from the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew on the ground. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and He overthrows these cities, and all the circuit, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which is shooting up from the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and He overthroweth these cities, and all the circuit, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which is shooting up from the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will overturn these cities, and all the circuit, and all inhabiting the cities, and the sprouting of the earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he destroyed these cities, and all the country about, all the inhabitants of the cities, and all things that spring from the earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he overturned these cities, and all the surrounding region: all the inhabitants of the cities, and everything that springs from the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He overthrew those cities and the whole Plain, together with the inhabitants of the cities and the produce of the soil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he overthrew those cities and all the plain and all the inhabitants of the region and that which grew on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he overturned these villages and all the plain and all dwellers of the land and the vegetation of the land.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and He overthrow those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he overthrew these cities, and all the country round about, and all that dwelt in the cities, and the plants springing out of the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/19-25.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=4239" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/19.htm">The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24</span>Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens. <span class="reftext">25</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2015.htm" title="2015: way·ya·hă·p̄ōḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To turn, overturn. A primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert.">Thus He destroyed</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/411.htm" title="411: hā·’êl (Art:: Pro-cp) -- These. A demonstrative particle these or those.">these</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: he·‘ā·rîm (Art:: N-fp) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">cities</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and the entire</a> <a href="/hebrew/3603.htm" title="3603: hak·kik·kār (Art:: N-fs) -- From karar; a circle, i.e. a circumjacent tract or region, expec. The Ghor or valley of the Jordan; also a loaf; also a talent (round) coin).">plain,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">including</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·šə·ḇê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">the inhabitants</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: he·‘ā·rîm (Art:: N-fp) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">of the cities</a> <a href="/hebrew/6780.htm" title="6780: wə·ṣe·maḥ (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- A sprout, growth. From tsamach; a sprout, literal or figurative.">and everything that grew</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: hā·’ă·ḏā·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">on the ground.</a> </span><span class="reftext">26</span>But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-29.htm">Luke 17:29-30</a></span><br />But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. / It will be just like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-6.htm">2 Peter 2:6</a></span><br />if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Jude 1:7</a></span><br />In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-23.htm">Matthew 11:23-24</a></span><br />And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. / But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-49.htm">Ezekiel 16:49-50</a></span><br />Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy. / Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23</a></span><br />All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19</a></span><br />And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-40.htm">Jeremiah 50:40</a></span><br />As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/4-11.htm">Amos 4:11</a></span><br />“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/2-9.htm">Zephaniah 2:9</a></span><br />Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-6.htm">Lamentations 4:6</a></span><br />The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand turned to help her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/11-8.htm">Hosea 11:8</a></span><br />How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/11-8.htm">Revelation 11:8</a></span><br />Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-29.htm">Romans 9:29</a></span><br />It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-7.htm">2 Peter 3:7</a></span><br />And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew on the ground.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/13-10.htm">Genesis 13:10</a></b></br> And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it <i>was</i> well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, <i>even</i> as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/14-3.htm">Genesis 14:3</a></b></br> All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/107-34.htm">Psalm 107:34</a></b></br> A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/13-12.htm">Circuit</a> <a href="/genesis/13-12.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/genesis/19-21.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/genesis/7-19.htm">Entire</a> <a href="/genesis/9-3.htm">Green</a> <a href="/genesis/10-8.htm">Grew</a> <a href="/genesis/19-1.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/genesis/17-27.htm">Including</a> <a href="/revelation/17-8.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-7.htm">Lowland</a> <a href="/acts/13-19.htm">Overthrew</a> <a href="/genesis/19-21.htm">Overthrow</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-4.htm">Overthroweth</a> <a href="/genesis/19-17.htm">Plain</a> <a href="/amos/7-1.htm">Shooting</a> <a href="/genesis/13-12.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/genesis/19-17.htm">Valley</a> <a href="/genesis/1-12.htm">Vegetation</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/19-28.htm">Circuit</a> <a href="/genesis/19-29.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/genesis/19-29.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/genesis/30-32.htm">Entire</a> <a href="/genesis/30-37.htm">Green</a> <a href="/genesis/21-8.htm">Grew</a> <a href="/genesis/24-52.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/genesis/31-18.htm">Including</a> <a href="/genesis/34-30.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-7.htm">Lowland</a> <a href="/genesis/19-29.htm">Overthrew</a> <a href="/genesis/19-29.htm">Overthrow</a> <a href="/job/12-19.htm">Overthroweth</a> <a href="/genesis/19-28.htm">Plain</a> <a href="/1_samuel/20-20.htm">Shooting</a> <a href="/genesis/19-29.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/genesis/19-28.htm">Valley</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-26.htm">Vegetation</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 19</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/19-1.htm">Lot entertains two angels.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/19-4.htm">The vicious Sodomites are smitten with blindness.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/19-12.htm">Lot is warned, and in vain warns his sons-in-law.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/19-15.htm">He is directed to flee to the mountains, but obtains leave to go into Zoar.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/19-26.htm">Lot's wife looks back and becomes a pillar of salt.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/19-29.htm">Lot dwells in a cave.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/19-31.htm">The incestuous origin of Moab and Ammon.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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These cities were notorious for their wickedness and sin, as described earlier in <a href="/genesis/18-20.htm">Genesis 18:20-21</a>. The destruction serves as a fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham to judge the cities if their sin was as grievous as reported. The destruction is often seen as a warning against immorality and a call to righteousness, echoed in later scriptures such as <a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Jude 1:7</a>, which references Sodom and Gomorrah as examples of divine judgment.<p><b>and the entire plain</b><br>The "plain" refers to the well-watered region of the Jordan Valley, which was initially chosen by Lot for its fertility (<a href="/genesis/13-10.htm">Genesis 13:10-11</a>). This area was not only geographically significant but also economically prosperous, making its destruction a significant event. The obliteration of the entire plain underscores the totality of God's judgment, leaving no remnant of the sinful culture that had developed there.<p><b>including all the inhabitants of the cities</b><br>This phrase highlights the comprehensive nature of the judgment, affecting every person living in the cities. The inhabitants' destruction is a direct consequence of their participation in the pervasive sinfulness of the region. This serves as a sobering reminder of the seriousness of sin and the inevitability of divine justice, as seen in other biblical accounts of judgment, such as the flood in <a href="/genesis/6.htm">Genesis 6-8</a>.<p><b>and everything that grew on the ground</b><br>The destruction extended to the natural environment, indicating a complete eradication of life and productivity in the area. This mirrors the curse upon the ground seen in <a href="/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17-19</a>, where sin leads to a disruption of the natural order. The obliteration of vegetation also symbolizes the barrenness that results from sin, contrasting with the life and abundance found in obedience to God, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28:1-14</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/sodom_and_gomorrah.htm">Sodom and Gomorrah</a></b><br>These were two cities known for their wickedness and sinfulness. Their destruction serves as a significant event in biblical history, symbolizing God's judgment against sin.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_plain.htm">The Plain</a></b><br>This refers to the surrounding area of Sodom and Gomorrah, which was also destroyed. It highlights the extent of God's judgment, affecting not just the cities but the entire region.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/inhabitants_of_the_cities.htm">Inhabitants of the Cities</a></b><br>The people living in Sodom and Gomorrah who were judged and destroyed due to their sinful ways.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/l/lot_and_his_family.htm">Lot and His Family</a></b><br>Although not mentioned in this specific verse, Lot and his family were the only ones spared from the destruction, emphasizing God's mercy towards the righteous.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a></b><br>The event is a direct act of divine judgment, demonstrating God's holiness and intolerance of sin.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_holiness_and_justice.htm">God's Holiness and Justice</a></b><br>The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah underscores God's holiness and His intolerance of sin. It serves as a reminder that sin has serious consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_righteousness.htm">The Importance of Righteousness</a></b><br>Lot's deliverance highlights the importance of living a righteous life. God is attentive to the righteous and provides a way of escape from judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/intercession_matters.htm">Intercession Matters</a></b><br>Abraham's intercession for Sodom shows the power and importance of praying for others, especially those who are lost.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/judgment_as_a_warning.htm">Judgment as a Warning</a></b><br>The event serves as a warning for future generations about the reality of God's judgment. It calls believers to live in a way that honors God and to warn others of the coming judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_mercy.htm">God's Mercy</a></b><br>Even in judgment, God's mercy is evident. He spares Lot and his family, showing that He is willing to save those who turn to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 19</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'hearts_far_from_me'_mean.htm">Were Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed by a meteor strike?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_unfeigned_love.htm">What is Zoar's significance in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_accurate_is_israel's_fall_to_sodom's.htm">Amos 4:11 – How accurate is the parallel between Israel’s downfall and God’s earlier destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/proof_of_divine_judgment_turning_lands_barren.htm">Psalm 107:33–34 – Is there archaeological or geological proof that fertile lands were turned into deserts or rivers dried up purely as an act of divine judgment? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25) <span class= "bld">Overthrew.</span>--This does not mean <span class= "ital">submerged, </span>and the agent in the destruction was fire and not water. "The plain" (Heb., <span class= "ital">the Ciccar</span>) still existed, and when Abraham saw it, was wrapped in smoke.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 25.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And he overthrew</span> - literally, <span class="accented">turned over</span>, as a cake'; whence utterly destroyed (cf. <a href="/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23</a>; <span class="greek">κατέστρεψε</span>, <span class="accented">LXX</span>.; <span class="accented">subvertit, Vulgate</span>). In Arabic "the overthrown' is a title applied, <span class="greek">κατ ἐξοχὴν</span>, to Sodom and Gomorrah (Gesenius). From the use of the expression <span class="greek">καταστροφή</span> (<a href="/2_peter/2-6.htm">2 Peter 2:6</a>), Wordsworth thinks an earthquake may have accompanied the <span class="accented">burning - <span class="cmt_word"></span>those cities</span>, - that they were submerged as well as overthrown (Josephus) is a doubtful inference from <a href="/genesis/14-3.htm">Genesis 14:3</a> (<span class="accented">vide infra</span>, Ver. 28, on the site of cities of the plain). The archaic <span class="hebrew">הָאל</span> is again employed (cf. <a href="/genesis/19-8.htm">Genesis 19:8</a>) - <span class="cmt_word">and all the plain,</span> <span class="accented">- kikkar</span>, circle or district (<a href="/genesis/13-10.htm">Genesis 13:10</a>) - <span class="cmt_word">and all the inhabitants of the cities,</span> - a proof of their entire corruption (<a href="/genesis/18-32.htm">Genesis 18:32</a>) <span class="cmt_word">- and that which grew upon the ground</span> - literally, <span class="accented">that which sprouts forth from the ground</span>, the produce of the soil; thus converting "a fruitful land into barrenness for the wickedness of them that dwell therein" (<a href="/psalms/107-34.htm">Psalm 107:34</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/19-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Thus He destroyed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיַּהֲפֹךְ֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·hă·p̄ōḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2015.htm">Strong's 2015: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert</span><br /><br /><span class="word">these</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֵ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_411.htm">Strong's 411: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cities</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶעָרִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(he·‘ā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the entire</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">plain,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכִּכָּ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kik·kār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3603.htm">Strong's 3603: </a> </span><span class="str2">A round, a round district, a round loaf, a round weight, a talent (a measure of weight or money)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">including</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵת֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’êṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the inhabitants</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹשְׁבֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(yō·šə·ḇê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the cities</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶעָרִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(he·‘ā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and everything that grew</span><br /><span class="heb">וְצֶ֖מַח</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṣe·maḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6780.htm">Strong's 6780: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sprout, growth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the ground.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֲדָמָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ă·ḏā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ground, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/19-25.htm">Genesis 19:25 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/19-25.htm">Genesis 19:25 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/19-25.htm">Genesis 19:25 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/19-25.htm">Genesis 19:25 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/19-25.htm">Genesis 19:25 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/19-25.htm">Genesis 19:25 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/19-25.htm">Genesis 19:25 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/19-25.htm">Genesis 19:25 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/19-25.htm">Genesis 19:25 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/19-25.htm">Genesis 19:25 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/19-25.htm">OT Law: Genesis 19:25 He overthrew those cities all the plain (Gen. 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