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And God also punished the evil cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.[a] He burned those cities until there was nothing left but ashes. He made those cities an example to show what will happen to those who are against God. But God saved Lot from those cities. Lot, a good man, was troubled because of the sinful behavior of evil people. (Lot was a good man, but he lived with evil people every day. His good heart was hurt by the evil things that he saw and heard.)

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  1. 2:6 Sodom and Gomorrah Two cities God destroyed because the people were so evil.

if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes,(A) and made them an example(B) of what is going to happen to the ungodly;(C) and if he rescued Lot,(D) a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless(E) (for that righteous man,(F) living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—

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