And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
Ver. 20. Because their sin is very grievous.] Or, very heavy; such as the very ground groans under; the axle of the earth is ready to break under it. Sin is a burden to God. Amo 2:13 It was so to Christ; he fell to the ground when he was in his agony. It was so to the angels, who sunk into hell under it. It was so to Korah and his company; the earth could not bear them. It was so to the Sodomites; they were so clogged with this excrement of naughtiness, a as St James calleth it, Jam 1:21 that God came from heaven to give their land a vomit.
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