⁴ Before they went to bed, the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, the whole population, surrounded the house. ⁵ They called out to Lot and said, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have sex with them!”^(A)

¹³ that wicked men have sprung up among you, led the inhabitants of their city astray, and said, ‘Let us go and worship other gods,’ which you have not known,

Eli’s Family Judged

¹² Eli’s sons were wicked men;^(A) they had no regard for the Lord^(B)

⁴⁶ Your older sister was Samaria,^(A) who lived with her daughters to the north of you, and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to the south of you. ⁴⁷ Didn’t you walk in their ways and do their detestable practices? It was only a short time before you behaved more corruptly than they did.^[a](B)

⁴⁸ “As I live”—the declaration of the Lord God—“your sister Sodom and her daughters have not behaved as you and your daughters have.^(C)