Genesis 19:28
βAnd he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.β
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Read in Genesis 19Meaning
The unit presents catastrophic judgment within the ancient Sodom narrative and records both loss and deliverance.
Read carefully
This destruction must not be turned into permission to demonize modern cities, nations, ethnic groups, or political opponents.
Reflection
The scene calls for sober attention to judgment, mercy, attachment, and the human cost of violent social collapse.