Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. ¹ 

I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints. ¹ 

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

When Eli heard the outcry, ¹  he said, “What is this commotion?” ²  The man quickly came and told Eli.

that I must go down ¹  and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. ²  If not, ³  I want to know.”

because we are about to destroy ¹  it. The outcry against this place ²  is so great before the Lord that he ³  has sent us to destroy it.”