“because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”
Genesis 19:13 (BSB)
Context Reading
11And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door. 12Then the two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here — a son-in-law, your sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here, 13because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.” 14So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking. 15At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”