But the men of Sodom {were} wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause {some} to fall.

And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to {do} evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest {judgment}: {speak: Heb. answer}

Their feet {are} swift to shed blood:

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be {any} that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love {to have it} so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? {bear...: or, take into their hands}

That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge {asketh} for a reward; and the great {man}, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. {his...: Heb. the mischief of his soul}

And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:

But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

{Now} as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, {and} beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.

Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, {and} thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead. {forced: Heb. humbled}

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to {do} evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest {judgment}: {speak: Heb. answer}

(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. {whore: or, sodomitess}

And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that {were} by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove. {hangings: Heb. houses}

And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:

But the men of Sodom {were} wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.