²⁰ Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom^(A) and Gomorrah is so great^(B) and their sin so grievous^(C)

²¹ that I will go down^(A) and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know.”

⁴⁹ “‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom:^(A) She and her daughters were arrogant,^(B) overfed and unconcerned;^(C) they did not help the poor and needy.^(D)

⁷ and if he rescued Lot,^(A) a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless^(B)

⁸ (for that righteous man,^(A) living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—