19. You have been merciful and kind to me and have saved my life. But I can’t run to the mountains. The disaster will catch me, and I will die.
20. Look, that little town over there is not too far away. Let me run there. It’s really just a little town, and I’ll be safe there.”
21. The angel said to Lot, “Very well, I will allow you to do this also. I will not destroy that town.
22. But run there fast, because I cannot destroy Sodom until you are safely in that town.” (That town is named Zoar, because it is little.)
23. The sun had already come up when Lot entered Zoar.
24. The Lord sent a rain of burning sulfur down from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah
25. and destroyed those cities. He also destroyed the whole Jordan Valley, everyone living in the cities, and even all the plants.
26. At that point Lot’s wife looked back. When she did, she became a pillar of salt.