“for we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown so great before the LORD that the LORD has sent us to destroy it.””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Genesis 19 contains 38 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.