(Now ¹  the people ²  of Sodom were extremely wicked rebels against the Lord.) ³ 

The four victorious kings ¹  took all the possessions and food of Sodom and Gomorrah and left.

Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people and take the possessions for yourself.”

So the Lord said, “The outcry against ¹  Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant ² 

The two men turned ¹  and headed ²  toward Sodom, but Abraham was still standing before the Lord. ³ 

Then the Lord rained down ¹  sulfur and fire ²  on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the Lord. ³ 

In your days of majesty, ¹  was not Sodom your sister a byword in your mouth,

I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom ¹  than for that town! ² 

but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. ¹ 

But I tell you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom ¹  on the day of judgment than for you!”

The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while ¹  Lot was sitting in the city’s gateway. ²  When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground.

Abram settled in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled among the cities of the Jordan plain ¹  and pitched his tents next to Sodom.

They also took Abram’s nephew ¹  Lot and his possessions when ²  they left, for Lot ³  was living in Sodom. ⁴ 

When the men got up to leave, ¹  they looked out over ²  Sodom. (Now ³  Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.) ⁴ 

Before they could lie down to sleep, ¹  all the men – both young and old, from every part of the city of Sodom – surrounded the house. ² 

For their vine is from the stock ¹  of Sodom, and from the fields of Gomorrah. ²  Their grapes contain venom, their clusters of grapes are bitter.

If the Lord who commands armies ¹  had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly become like Sodom, ²  we would have become like Gomorrah.

Listen to the Lord’s word, you leaders of Sodom! ¹  Pay attention to our God’s rebuke, ²  people of Gomorrah!

Babylon, the most admired ¹  of kingdoms, the Chaldeans’ source of honor and pride, ²  will be destroyed by God just as Sodom and Gomorrah were. ³ 

ו (Vav) The punishment ¹  of my people ²  exceeded that of ³  of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment with no one to help her. ⁴