What were the sins of Sodom?

[tonychanyt]

Genesis 19:

1 The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth​

The two angels had the appearance of males.

2 “My lords,” he said, “please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.”​

“No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”​

3 But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate.​

So far so good. But then:

4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house. 5 They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”​

The men of Sodom wanted to have sex with the men-guests of Lot. For that, they were immediately punished:

10 But the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house and shut the door. 11 Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, young and old, with blindness so that they could not find the door.​

Jude 1 agrees with this:

7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.​

The citizens of Sodom committed other sins also, particularly the female citizens. Ezekiel 16:

49 Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.​

Some men in Sodom committed the sin of having sex with men. Some women committed the sins of pride and not helping the poor.

 

[Blade]

"adultery, pridefulness, and uncharitableness, homosexualty"

Just read Eze 16
Eze 16:47-50 "They were haughty and committed repulsive acts before Me; therefore I removed them when I saw it."

 

[Gregory Thompson]

Yeah, they had lots of wealth but would not share it with the poor, that's a common theme with God when denouncing a nation. This aspect tends to be overlooked by the church.