[19:23] The sun was rising when Lot reached Zoar.
[19:24] Suddenly the Lord rained burning sulfur on the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah
[19:25] and destroyed them and the whole valley, along with all the people there and everything that grew on the land.
[19:26] But Lot's wife looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt.
[19:27] Early the next morning Abraham hurried to the place where he had stood in the presence of the Lord.
[19:28] He looked down at Sodom and Gomorrah and the whole valley and saw smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a huge furnace.
[19:29] But when God destroyed the cities of the valley where Lot was living, he kept Abraham in mind and allowed Lot to escape to safety.