¹⁵ As morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city.”

²⁴ “Say to the congregation, Get away from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”

²⁵ Then Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him. ²⁶ And he spoke to the congregation, saying, ^(A)“Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be swept away with all their sins.” ²⁷ So they got away from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. And Dathan and Abiram came out and stood ^(B)at the door of their tents, together with their wives, their sons, and their little ones.

⁴ Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,

² For he says,

Behold, ^(B)now is the ^(C)favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

^24 (A)“Strive ^(B)to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. ^25 (C)When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ^(D)‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer you, ^(E)‘I do not know where you come from.’

²² Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called ^(A)Zoar.^[a]

A Rest for the People of God

⁷ Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,

¹⁷ And as they brought them out, one said, “Escape for your life. ^(A)Do not look back or stop anywhere in the ^(B)valley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away.”