²¹ Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them.

⁴⁵ Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them. And they went down on their faces.

¹⁰ Now do not get in my way, for my wrath is burning against them; I will send destruction on them, but of you I will make a great nation.

⁴ And another voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Come out of her, my people, so that you may have no part in her sins and in her punishments.

¹⁹ How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.

⁵ And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You are a stiff-necked people: if I come among you, even for a minute, I will send destruction on you; so take off all your ornaments, so that I may see what to do with you.

²⁸ If then, we have a kingdom which will never be moved, let us have grace, so that we may give God such worship as is pleasing to him with fear and respect:

²⁹ For our God is an all-burning fire.

⁶ Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.

⁷ Have no part with such men;

¹⁷ For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,

⁴⁰ And with more such words he gave his witness, offering them salvation and saying, Come out from this evil generation.

¹⁶ Their arrows give certain death, they are all men of war.

³⁶ And the angel of the Lord went out and put to death in the army of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand men: and when the people got up early in the morning, there was nothing to be seen but dead bodies.

¹⁵ Now if you put to death all this people as one man, then the nations who have had word of your glory will say,

¹² I will send disease on them for their destruction, and take away their heritage, and I will make of you a nation greater and stronger than they.

¹⁵ And when morning came, the angels did all in their power to make Lot go, saying, Get up quickly and take your wife and your two daughters who are here, and go, for fear that you come to destruction in the punishment of the town.

¹⁶ But while he was waiting, the men took him and his wife and his daughters by the hand, for the Lord had mercy on them, and put them outside the town.

¹⁷ And when they had put them out, he said, Go for your life, without looking back or waiting in the lowland; go quickly to the mountain or you will come to destruction.

¹⁸ And Lot said to them, Not so, O my Lord;

¹⁹ See now, your servant has had grace in your eyes and great is your mercy in keeping my life from destruction, but I am not able to get as far as the mountain before evil overtakes me and death;

²⁰ This town, now, is near, and it is a little one: O, let me go there (is it not a little one?) so that my life may be safe.

²¹ And he said, See, I have given you your request in this one thing more: I will not send destruction on this town.

²² Go there quickly, for I am not able to do anything till you have come there. For this reason, the town was named Zoar.