“As I live,
Says Yahweh God.
‘Your sister Sodom,
With her daughters,
Has not done
As you
With your daughters
Have done.
This was the guilt
Of your sister Sodom.
She,
With her daughters,
Had pride,
Excess of food,
A prosperous ease.
But they did not
Aid the poor.
They did not
Aid the needy.
They were haughty.
They did abominable things
Before me.
Therefore I removed them,
When I saw it.”
The story of Sodom was based on Genesis, chapter 19. Sodom was a city in the plains, south of Jerusalem, near the Dead Sea. Jerusalem was like the city of Sodom because Jerusalem had done the same things as they had done. Sodom with her daughters was guilty of pride, too much food, and too easy of a life style. Sodom did not aid the poor and the needy. There was no explanation here of all the abominable things mentioned in Genesis. However, Yahweh had removed them. He had destroyed them, when he found out about their behavior.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 