So they two sat down together and ate and drank. And the father of the young woman said to her husband, Now stay the night, and let your heart be merry.

And the man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law constrained him, and he stayed and lodged there.

And when their heart was merry, then they said, Call Sampson out of the prison house, and let him play before us. And they called Sampson out of the prison house, and he played before them; and they struck him with the palms of their hands, and set him between the pillars.

And the men of Gibeah rose up against me, and surrounded the house by night against me; they wanted to kill me, and they have humbled my concubine, and she is dead.

But before they went to sleep, the men of the city, the Sodomites, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people together.

They have corrupted themselves according to the days of the hill. He will remember their iniquities, He will take vengeance on their sins.

From the time the hills [existed] Israel has sinned. There they stood. War [waged] against the children of iniquity,

Evil men have gone out from you, and have caused all the inhabitants of their land to fall away, saying, Let us go and worship other gods, whom you knew not,

Count not your maidservant for a wicked woman, for by reason of the abundance of my complaint I have continued [my prayer] until now.

And the sons of Eli the priest [were] evil sons, not knowing the Lord.

But evil men said, Who [is] this man [that] shall save us? And they despised him, and brought him no gifts.

Let not my lord take to heart this pestilent man, for according to his name, so is he- Nabal is his name, and folly is with him! But I, your maidservant, did not see the servants of my lord whom you sent.

All these [are] as a thorn thrust forth, for they shall not be taken with the hand,

and a man shall not labor among them; and [one shall have] that which is fully armed with iron, and the staff of a spear, and he shall burn them with fire, and they shall be burnt in their shame.

And what agreement is there for Christ with Belial? Or what part is there for a believer with an infidel?

And they called out Lot, and said to him, Where are the men that came to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may be with them.

For this reason God gave them up to passions of dishonor; for even their females exchanged the natural use for that which is contrary to nature,

and likewise also the males, having forsaken the natural use of the female, were inflamed by their lust for one another, males with males, committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the recompense which was fitting for their error.

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,

as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to fornication and having gone after other flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.