13For 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.
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And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, …
And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. …
And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-14)We have here the preparation for Lot’s deliverance. I. Notice is given him of the approach of Sodom’s ruin: We will destroy this place , Gen. 19:13. Note, The holy angels are ministers of God’s wrath for the destruction of sinners, as well as of his mercy for the preservation and deliverance of his people. In this sense, the good angels become evil angels , Ps. 78:49. II. He is directed to give no…
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