Genesis 18:20
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And the Lord said: The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha is multiplied, and their sin is become exceedingly grievous.

the cry.

Genesis 4:10 And he said to him: What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth to me from the earth.

Genesis 19:13 For we will destroy this place, because their cry is grown loud before the Lord, who hath sent us to destroy them.

Isaiah 3:9 The shew of their countenance hath answered them: and they have proclaimed abroad their sin as Sodom, and they have not hid it: woe to their souls, for evils are rendered to them.

Isaiah 5:7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel: and the man of Juda, his pleasant plant: and I looked that he should do judgment, and behold iniquity: and do justice, and behold a cry.

Jeremiah 14:7 If our iniquities have testified against us, O Lord, do thou it for thy name's sake, for our rebellions are many, we have sinned against thee.

James 5:4 Behold the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which by fraud has been kept back by you, crieth: and the cry of them hath entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

sin.

Genesis 13:13 And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face of the Lord beyond measure.

Context
Abraham Begs for Sodom
19For I know that he will command his children, and his household after him, to keep the way of the Lord, and do judgment and justice: that for Abraham's sake, the Lord may bring to effect all the things he hath spoken unto him. 20And the Lord said: The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha is multiplied, and their sin is become exceedingly grievous.21I will go down and see whether they have done according to the cry that is come to me; or whether it be not so, that I may know.…
Cross References
Genesis 13:13
And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face of the Lord beyond measure.

Genesis 19:4
But before they went to bed, the men of the city beset the house, both young and old, all the people together.

Genesis 19:13
For we will destroy this place, because their cry is grown loud before the Lord, who hath sent us to destroy them.

Jeremiah 23:14
And I have seen the likeness of adulterers, and the way of lying in the prophets of Jerusalem: and they strengthened the hands of the wicked, that no man should return from his evil doings, they are all become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrha.

Ezekiel 16:46
And thy elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister that dwelleth at thy right hand is Sodom, and her daughters.

Ezekiel 16:49
Behold this was the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance, and the idleness of her, and of her daughters: and they did not put forth their hand to the needy, and the poor.

Ezekiel 16:50
And they were lifted up, and committed abominations before me: and I took them away as thou hast seen.

Joel 3:13
Put ye in the sickles, for the harvest is ripe: come and go down, for the press is full, the fats run over: for their wickedness is multiplied.

Jonah 1:2
Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amathi, saying:

Lexicon
Then the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

said,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“The outcry
זַעֲקַ֛ת (za·‘ă·qaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2201: A shriek, outcry

against Sodom
סְדֹ֥ם (sə·ḏōm)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5467: Sodom -- a Canaanite city near the Dead Sea

and Gomorrah
וַעֲמֹרָ֖ה (wa·‘ă·mō·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6017: Gomorrah -- a city in the Jordan Valley

is great.
רָ֑בָּה (rāb·bāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7227: Much, many, great

Because
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

their sin
וְחַ֨טָּאתָ֔ם (wə·ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯām)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender

is so
מְאֹֽד׃ (mə·’ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

grievous,
כָבְדָ֖ה (ḵā·ḇə·ḏāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3513: To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome


Additional Translations
Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

And the Lord said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha has been increased towards me, and their sins are very great.

And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grievous,

And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

Yahweh said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,

And Jehovah saith, 'The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah -- because great; and their sin -- because exceeding grievous:
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