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I. THEY ARE PRECEDED BY A LONG HISTORY OF WICKEDNESS.

1. The shedding of innocent blood (Genesis 4:10; Job 16:18).

2. The peculiar sin of Sodom.

3. The oppression of the people of God.

4. Withholding the hire of the labourer (James 5:4).

II. THEY ARE MANIFESTLY RIGHTEOUS.

1. They proceed slowly.

2. They are only inflicted when the reasons of them have been made evident.

3. They are self-vindicating.

(T. H. Leale.)

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KJV: And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

WEB: Yahweh said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,