Gen 19:16-25, Deu 29:23-25, Isa 1:9, 13:19, Jer 50:40, Hos 11:8 | ESV | STEP | But he lingered . So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand , the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city .

Genesis 19:16-25

16 But he lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, ^athe Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city. 17 And as they brought them out, one said, “Escape for your life. ^bDo not look back or stop anywhere in the ^cvalley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away.” 18 And Lot said to them, “Oh, no, my lords. 19 Behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life. But I cannot escape to the hills, lest the disaster overtake me and I die. 20 Behold, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Let me escape there—is it not a little one?—and my life will be saved!” 21 He said to him, “Behold, I grant you this favor also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken. 22 Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called ^dZoar. ^{▼▼ Zoar means little}

God Destroys Sodom

23 The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar. 24 Then ^fthe Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven. 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.

Deuteronomy 29:23-25

23 the whole land burned out with brimstone and ^gsalt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, ^han overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, ⁱAdmah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger and wrath— 24 all the nations ^jwill say, ^k‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land? What caused the heat of this great anger?’ 25 Then people will say, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt,

Isaiah 1:9

9 ^lIf the Lord of hosts
had not left us ^ma few survivors,
we should have been like ⁿSodom,
and become like ^oGomorrah.

Isaiah 13:19

19 And Babylon, ^pthe glory of kingdoms,
the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans,
will be ^qlike Sodom and Gomorrah
when God overthrew them.

Jeremiah 50:40

40 ^rAs when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, declares the Lord, ^sso no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn in her.

Hosea 11:8

8 How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
^tHow can I make you ^ulike Admah?
How can I treat you ^vlike Zeboiim?
^wMy heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.