Genesis 19:28

He looked towards Sodom and Gomorrah, and towards all the land of the plain, and saw that the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.

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In The King James Version

And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

In Context

27Abraham went up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

29When God destroyed the cities of the plain, God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.

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Cross References

Psalms 107:34and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

2 Peter 2:7and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked

Revelation 9:2He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a burning furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit.

Revelation 18:9The kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived wantonly with her will weep and wail over her, when they look at the smoke of her burning,

Revelation 19:3A second said, “Hallelujah! Her smoke goes up forever and ever.”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 19:28-30

27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord : 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. 29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. Our communion with God consists in our gracious regard to him and his… Read the whole commentary →

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