In Sodom there was mirth and revelry, feasting and drunkenness. The vilest and most brutal passions were unrestrained. The people openly defied God and His law and delighted in deeds of violence. Though they had before them the example of the antediluvian world, and knew how the wrath of God had been manifested in their destruction, yet they followed the same course of wickedness.

I Sodoma var der lystighed, svir og drukkenskab. De laveste og mest dyriske lidenskaber fik uhæmmet lov at udfolde sig. Folk spottede åbenlyst Gud og hans lov og fandt behag i voldshandlinger. Skønt verden før syndfloden var et advarende eksempel for dem, og de vidste, hvordan Guds vrede var blevet åbenbaret ved dens tilintetgørelse, fulgte de dog den samme ondskabens vej.