For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
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Gill's Exposition
For we will destroy this place,.... Or "we are destroying it" (p), are about to do it, and will quickly and immediately do it:
because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; the…
- The Destruction of Sodom and Amorah 9. גשׁ־<הלאה gesh-hāl'âh, “approach to a distant point,” stand back. 11. סנורים sanevērı̂ym, “blindness,” affecting the mental more than the ocular vision. 37.…
We have here the preparation for Lot's deliverance.
I. Notice is given him of the approach of Sodom's ruin: We will destroy this place, Gen 19:13. Note, The holy angels are ministers of God's wrath…
Cambridge Bible
we will destroy See Gen 19:19.
the cry of them i.e. the cry against the people of Sodom; see note on Gen 18:20.
the Lord hath sent us Defining the position of the men in this and the previous chapter,…
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