⁴ Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom^(A)—both young and old—surrounded the house. ⁵ They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”^(B)

¹³ that troublemakers^(A) have arisen among you and have led the people of their town astray, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods you have not known),

Eli’s Wicked Sons

¹² Eli’s sons were scoundrels; they had no regard^(A) for the Lord.

⁴⁶ Your older sister^(A) was Samaria, who lived to the north of you with her daughters; and your younger sister, who lived to the south of you with her daughters, was Sodom.^{(B) 47} You not only followed their ways and copied their detestable practices, but in all your ways you soon became more depraved than they.^{(C) 48} As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign^(D) Lord, your sister Sodom^(E) and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.^(F)