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Genesis 19:13
because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Two angels address Lot in Sodom, delivering the final warning immediately after ordering him to evacuate his household.
The words — The Hebrew מַשְׁחִתִים (mash.chi.tim) literally means "[are] about to destroy," paired with גָּדְלָה (ga.de.lah), meaning "it is great," to quantify the divine outcry.
The thread — The pattern of heavenly agents executing judgment in response to a grievous outcry appears in Genesis 18:20, anticipates the final separation of the wicked and righteous in Matthew 13:49, and parallels angelic execution of divine judgment in Acts 12:23.
Why it lands — The passage demands immediate compliance with a divine warning and establishes that persistent human corruption provokes decisive heavenly intervention.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.
Cross-references
- Genesis 18:20 Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
- Matthew 13:49 So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous
- Acts 12:23 Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
- Jude 1:7 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.
- Revelation 16:1 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”
- Matthew 13:41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
- Romans 3:8 Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
- James 5:4 Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
- Genesis 13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 21:15 Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.