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She, when the nations were sunk in universal wickedness,
    knew the righteous man,[a] kept him blameless before God,
    and preserved him resolute against pity for his child.(A)

She rescued a righteous man[b] from among the wicked who were being destroyed,(B)
    when he fled as fire descended upon the Pentapolis—
Where as a testimony to its wickedness,
    even yet there remain a smoking desert,
Plants bearing fruit that never ripens,
    and the tomb of a disbelieving soul,[c] a standing pillar of salt.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 10:5 Abraham.
  2. 10:6 Lot. Pentapolis: the five cities, including Sodom; cf. Gn 14:2.
  3. 10:7 Disbelieving soul: Lot’s wife; cf. Gn 19:26.