The history of the two angels whom the Sodomites wanted to ravish is perhaps the most extraordinary which antiquity has produced.
As for Lot who offered his two daughters to the Sodomites in lieu of the angels, and Lot's wife metamorphosed into the saline image, and all the rest of the story, what can one say of it?
And reducing the cities of the Sodomites and of the Gomorrhites into ashes, condemned them to be overthrown, making them an example to those that should after act wickedly, 2:7.
That is, these were the steps by which the Sodomites came to fall into those abominations for which they were destroyed.
At Rome, he says, the Venus of the sodomites received the title of Castina (p.
Within the narrow range of my own experience I have known among the most scandalous sodomites a French journalist, a German poet, an Italian statesman, and a Spanish jurist; all of these men of exquisite taste and profound culture!
He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
Also name given bySodomites to wretches whom they plunder under threats of disclosures.
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
We may all know that the Sodomites went to hell (Gen.
Some suppose the Sodomites robbed and murdered the passengers; others, that they unnaturally abused their bodies.
But God was much displeased at their impudent behavior, so that he both smote those men with blindness, and condemned the Sodomites to universal destruction.
The Destruction Of The Sodomites By The Assyrian Wall.
Now when the Sodomites joined battle with the Assyrians, and the fight was very obstinate, many of them were killed, and the rest were carried captive; among which captives was Lot, who had come to assist the Sodomites.
Here is the difficulty which is used to prove that a literal resurrection of the wicked Sodomites must be meant.
This revelation of resurrection as contained in the New Testament leaves no room whatever for the Sodomites and all the wicked idolatrous Israelites, to be raised up for another chance.
The reason for this is that the Sodomites did not acknowledge the gifts of God who blessed them, but misused them according to their own will.
An example of such groanings we see later in the case of Abraham, who interposed himself like a wall in behalf of the safety of the Sodomites and did not abandon the cause until they came down to five righteous ones.
There are four distinct references to Lot and the Sodomites in chapters vii.
Elsewhere we learn, "There were sodomites in some provinces, though not openly nor universally, but some particular men and in secret.
The legend has been amply embroidered by the Rabbis who make the Sodomites do everything à l'envers: e.
There were also sodomites in the land and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel" (I Kings xiv.
Eliezer espoused the cause of the poor wretch, and the Sodomites turned against him; one threw a stone at his forehead and caused considerable loss of blood.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sodomites" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
