<p class="poetry">If the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies<n id="1" /> had not left us a few survivors,p> <p class="poetry">we would have quickly become like Sodom,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">we would have become like Gomorrah.p>

<p class="poetry">Listen to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s word,p> <p class="poetry">you leaders of Sodom!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention to our God&#8217;s rebuke,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">people of Gomorrah!p>

<p class="poetry">The look on their faces<n id="1" /> testifies to their guilt;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Too bad for them!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">For they bring disaster on themselves.p>

<p class="poetry">Babylon, the most admired<n id="1" /> of kingdoms,p> <p class="poetry">the Chaldeans&#8217; source of honor and pride,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">will be destroyed by Godp> <p class="poetry">just as Sodom and Gomorrah were.<n id="3" />p>