At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
Parallel translations
- WEB When the morning came, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, “Get up! Take your wife, and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city.”
- KJV And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
- NKJV When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot to hurry, saying, “Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city.”
- NASB When morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
- NLT At dawn the next morning the angels became insistent. “Hurry,” they said to Lot. “Take your wife and your two daughters who are here. Get out right now, or you will be swept away in the destruction of the city!”
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Quick answer
At dawn the angels urge Lot to take his wife and daughters and flee at once.
Overview
The urgency stresses that lingering means sharing in the city's judgment. God's mercy presses Lot to escape before it is too late. The warning underscores the seriousness of the moment and the kindness of God in pressing his people to safety.
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Cross-references · 8
- Num 16:24–27“Tell the congregation to move away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
- Rev 18:4Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.
- 2 Cor 6:2For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!
- Gen 19:22Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
- Luke 13:24–25“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
- Prov 6:4–5Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
- Heb 3:7–8Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
- Gen 19:17As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
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