Lot looked around and saw that the whole Jordan Valley, all the way to Zoar, had plenty of water, like the Garden of the LORD or like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.)

whose people were wicked and sinned against the LORD.

and destroyed them and the whole valley, along with all the people there and everything that grew on the land.

The fields will be a barren waste, covered with sulfur and salt; nothing will be planted, and not even weeds will grow there. Your land will be like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, of Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD destroyed when he was furiously angry.

And the answer will be, 'It is because the LORD's people broke the covenant they had made with him, the God of their ancestors, when he brought them out of Egypt.

And so the LORD became angry with his people and brought on their land all the disasters written in this book.

and thorn bushes and briers are growing on my people's land. Weep for all the houses where people were happy and for the city that was full of life.

But once more God will send us his spirit. The wasteland will become fertile, and fields will produce rich crops.

These five kings had formed an alliance and joined forces in Siddim Valley, which is now the Dead Sea.

But the water in the marshes and ponds along the shore will not be made fresh. They will remain there as a source of salt.