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# Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them
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Here "Sodom," "Gomorrah," and "cities" represent the people who lived in them. Alternate translation: "the people of Sodom and Gomorrah and the people in the cities around them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# gave themselves over to sexual immorality and perverse sexual acts
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"engaged in every kind of sexual immorality and all of the perverse sexual acts they desired." The sexual sins of Sodom and Gomorrah were the result of the same kind of rebellion as the angels' evil ways.
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# as an example of those who suffer the punishment
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The destruction of the people of Sodom and Gomorrah became an example of the fate of all who reject God.
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