Genesis 19:25

so he overthrew these cities, and all the circuit,—and all the inhabitants of the cities, and the produce of the ground.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

In Context

24And, Yahweh, rained, upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah, brimstone and fire,—from Yahweh, out of the heavens:

26But his wife looked from behind him,—and became—a pillar of salt.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:3All these, joined together in the valley of the open fields, the same, is the Salt Sea.

Jeremiah 20:16Making him very glad: Yea let that man be—as the cities which Yahweh overthrew and repented not,—And let him hear An outcry in the morning, and A war-shout at broad noon!

Zephaniah 2:9Wherefore, as I live, declareth Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, Surely, Moab, like Sodom, shall become, and, the sons of Ammon, like Gomorrah, a possession for the thorn, and a pit of salt, Yea a desolation, unto times age-abiding: The remnant of my people, shall make of them a prey, and, the residue of my nation, shall inherit them.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 19:25-26

Here is, I. The rescue of Lot out of Sodom. Though there were not ten righteous men in Sodom, for whose sakes it might be spared, yet that one righteous man that was among them delivered his own soul, Ezek. xiv. 14 . Early in the morning his own guests, in kindness to him, turned him out of doors, and his family with him, v. 15 . His daughters that were married perished with their unbelieving husbands; but those that continued with him were preserved with him. Observe, 1. With what a gracious violence Lot was… Read the whole commentary →

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