¹⁴ So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry^[a] his daughters. He said, “Hurry and get out of this place, because the Lord is about to destroy the city!^(A)” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.^(B)

²¹ “Separate yourselves^(A) from this assembly so I can put an end to them at once.”^(B)

⁴⁵ “Get away from this assembly so I can put an end^(A) to them at once.” And they fell facedown.

²⁶ He warned the assembly, “Move back from the tents of these wicked men!^(A) Do not touch anything belonging to them, or you will be swept away^(B) because of all their sins.^(C)”

Warning to Escape Babylon’s Judgment

⁴ Then I heard another voice from heaven say:

²⁸ “It was the same in the days of Lot.^(A) People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. ²⁹ But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

³⁰ “It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.^(B)

³ While people are saying, “Peace and safety,”^(A) destruction will come on them suddenly,^(B) as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.^(C)

³² When they heard about the resurrection of the dead,^(A) some of them sneered, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this subject.”