20And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
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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.
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. …
The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-22)The messengers from heaven had now despatched one part of their business, which was an errand of grace to Abraham and Sarah, and which they delivered first; but now they have before them work of another nature. Sodom is to be destroyed, and they must do it, Gen. 19:13. Note, As with the Lord there is mercy, so he is the God to whom vengeance belongs. Pursuant to their commission, we here find, 1.…
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