Lot dwelt but a short time in Zoar. Iniquity prevailed there as in Sodom, and he feared to remain, lest the city should be destroyed. Not long after, Zoar was consumed, as God had purposed. Lot made his way to the mountains, and abode in a cave, stripped of all for which he had dared to subject his family to the influences of a wicked city. But the curse of Sodom followed him even here. The sinful conduct of his daughters was the result of the evil associations of that vile place. Its moral corruption had 168 become so interwoven with their character that they could not distinguish between good and evil. Lot's only posterity, the Moabites and Ammonites, were vile, idolatrous tribes, rebels against God and bitter enemies of His people.

Lot boede kun en kort tid i Zoar. Der var lige så megen synd der som i Sodoma, og han frygtede for at blive der, hvis byen skulle blive ødelagt. Ikke længe efter blev Zoar fortæret, som Gud havde bestemt. Lot drog op i bjergene og boede i en hule, ribbet for alt det, for hvis skyld han havde vovet at udsætte sin familie for en ugudelig bys indflydelse. Men Sodomas forbandelse fulgte ham også derop. Hans døtres syndige opførsel skyldtes forbindelsen med de ugudelige i den fordærvede by. Dens moralske fordærvelse havde sådan gennemsyret deres karakter, at de ikke kunne skelne mellem godt og ondt. Lots eneste efterkommere, moabitterne og ammonitterne, var slette, afgudsdyrkende stammer, oprørere mod Gud og bitre fjender af hans folk.