Genesis 19:24-25 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 19:24-25

Then, when Lot had got safely into Zoar, then this ruin came; for good men are taken away from the evil to come. Then, when the sun had risen bright and clear, promising a fair day, then this storm arose, to show that it was not from natural causes. Concerning this destruction observe, 1. God was the immediate author of it. It was destruction from the Almighty: The Lord rained?from the Lord (Gen. 19:24), that is, God from himself, by his own immediate power, and not in the common course of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:24

Then the Lord rained upon Sodom, and upon Gomorrah, brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven. And not upon those two cities only, but upon Admah and Zeboiim also, see Deuteronomy 29:23 ; this was not a common storm of thunder and lightning, with which often there is a smell of sulphur or brimstone; but this was a continued shower of sulphurous fire, or of burning flaming brimstone, which at once consumed those cities and the inhabitants of them; and the land adjacent being... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:25

And he overthrew those cities ,.... Of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim: very probably at the same time that this fiery tempest was in the heavens, there was an earthquake which overthrew the cities; and so Strabo F8 Geograph. l. 16. p. 526. makes the lake, which is now the place where they stood, to be owing to earthquakes and eruptions of fire, and of hot bituminous and sulphurous waters; and says nothing of fire from heaven, which yet Tacitus and Solinus do, being unacquainted... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:24

The Lord rained - brimstone and fire from the Lord - As all judgment is committed to the Son of God, many of the primitive fathers and several modern divines have supposed that the words ויהוה vaihovah and יהוה מאת meeth Yehovah imply, Jehovah the Son raining brimstone and fire from Jehovah the Father; and that this place affords no mean proof of the proper Divinity of our blessed Redeemer. It may be so; but though the point is sufficiently established elsewhere, it does not appear... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:25

And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain - This forms what is called the lake Asphaltites, Dead Sea, or Salt Sea, which, according to the most authentic accounts, is about seventy miles in length, and eighteen in breadth. The most strange and incredible tales are told by many of the ancients, and by many of the moderns, concerning the place where these cities stood. Common fame says that the waters of this sea are so thick that a stone will not sink in them, so tough and clammy... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:24

Verse 24 24.Then the Lord rained. Moses here succinctly relates in very unostentatious language, the destruction of Sodom and of the other cities. The atrocity of the case might well demand a much more copious narration, expressed in tragic terms; but Moses, according to his manner, simply recites the judgment of God, which no words would be sufficiently vehement to describe, and then leaves the subject to the meditation of his readers. It is therefore our duty to concentrate all our thoughts... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:23-25

The righteousness of God revealed. The judgment of God upon Sodom and the cities of the plain. The deliverance of Lot. The reception of the two angels by Lot was a great contrast to that of the three by Abraham. The scene of the Divine judgment is suggestive. The plain of the Jordan was well watered, attracted Lot by its beauty and promise. Early civilization gathered about such spots, but civilization without religion is a blasting influence. There are hidden fountains of judgment ready... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:24

Then the Lord rained —literally, and Jehovah caused it to rain ; καὶ κύριος ἔβρεξε ( LXX .), which latter term is adopted by Luke in describing this event ( Genesis 17:1-27 :29)— upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah —and also upon Admah and Zeboim ( Deuteronomy 29:23 ; Hosea 11:8 ), Bela, or Zoar, of the five cities of the Jordan circle ( Genesis 14:2 , Genesis 14:8 ) being exempted— brimstone and fire — גָּפְרִית ; properly pitch, though the name was afterwards... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:24

The judgment of fire. I. THE DELIVERANCE OF LOT . 1. Mercifully warned . The intimation conveyed by the angels was— 2. Urgently hastened . Notwithstanding the angel's warning, it is obvious that Lot trifled, probably from a latent apprehension that there was plenty of time, if not from any secret dubiety as to the need for the celestial exhortation; and so do sinners dally yet with the solemn announcement of the gospel, which necessitates that they Be vehemently... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:25

And he overthrew —literally, turned over, as a cake'; whence utterly destroyed (cf. Deuteronomy 29:23 ; κατέστρεψε , LXX .; subvertit, Vulgate ). In Arabic "the overthrown' is a title applied, κατ ἐξοχὴν, to Sodom and Gomorrah (Gesenius). From the use of the expression καταστροφή ( 2 Peter 2:6 ), Wordsworth thinks an earthquake may have accompanied the burning— those cities ,—that they were submerged as well as overthrown (Josephus) is a doubtful inference from ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 19:24-25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:25

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:23-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:25

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