22. But run there quickly. I cannot destroy Sodom until you are safely in that town.” (That town is named Zoar, because it is a small town.)
23. Lot was entering the town as the sun came up,
24. and the Lord began to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. He caused fire and burning sulfur to fall from the sky.
25. He destroyed the whole valley—all the cities, the people living in the cities, and all the plants in the valley.
26. Lot’s wife was following behind him and looked back at the city. When she did, she became a block of salt.