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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.”

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ASV

for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before Jehovah; and Jehovah hath sent us to destroy it.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
מַשְׁחִתִ֣יםmash.chi.Tim[are] about to destroyH7843 →
אֲנַ֔חְנוּ'a.Nach.nuweH587 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725 →
הַזֶּ֑הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
גָֽדְלָ֤הga.de.Lahit is greatH1431 →
צַעֲקָתָם֙tza.'a.ka.Tamoutcry theirH6818 →
אֶת־'et-withH854 →
פְּנֵ֣יpe.Nei[the] face ofH6440 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֥נוּvay.sha.le.Che.nuand he has sent usH7971 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לְשַׁחֲתָֽהּ׃le.sha.cha.Tahto destroy itH7843 →

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Genesis 18:20Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,Jude 1:7In 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.Acts 12:23Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.Revelation 16:1–12Then 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 13:49–50So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous,Romans 3:8–9Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!Matthew 13:41–42The 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.James 5:4Look, 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 38:7But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.Ezekiel 9:5–6And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone!Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.1 Chronicles 21:15–16Then 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.Isaiah 36:10So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this land to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”Psalms 11:5–6The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.Jeremiah 44:22So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.

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