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.
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.”
- BSB 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.”
- 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.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Num 16:24–27Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
- Rev 18:4And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
- 2 Cor 6:2(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
- Gen 19:22Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
- Luke 13:24–25Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
- Prov 6:4–5Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
- Heb 3:7–8Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
- Gen 19:17And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
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