¹³ because we^(A) are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the Lord against its people is so great^(B) that he has sent us to destroy it.”^(C)

²⁴ Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur^(A) on Sodom and Gomorrah^(B)—from the Lord out of the heavens.^(C)

²⁵ Thus he overthrew those cities^(A) and the entire plain,^(B) destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land.^(C)