21 He said to him, “Very well, I will grant this request(A) too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of. 22 But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.” (That is why the town was called Zoar.[a](B))

23 By the time Lot reached Zoar,(C) the sun had risen over the land. 24 Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur(D) on Sodom and Gomorrah(E)—from the Lord out of the heavens.(F) 25 Thus he overthrew those cities(G) and the entire plain,(H) destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land.(I) 26 But Lot’s wife looked back,(J) and she became a pillar of salt.(K)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 19:22 Zoar means small.

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