Then Abraham thought of Lot, and prayed to God to save the city for Lot's sake.
And God answered, "If ten righteous people only be found in the city, I will not destroy it for Lot's sake."
But ten righteous people were not to be found in the city, and so the angels of destruction were sent down upon it.
Lot sat in the gateway of the city and looked out upon the country. And when he saw the angels of destruction, he rose and led them to his house and gave them food.
Then the angels said, "Whatsoever thou hast in this city bring out; for we are come to destroy this place."
Then Lot went and told his people; but none of them would listen to him. In the morning the angels came and woke Lot and his wife and said to them, "Arise, and hasten from the city. Escape for thy life, and look not behind thee."
So Lot and his wife and their two daughters fled from the city; and the shower of fire came down to purify it. But when they were far out on the plain, Lot's wife, still loving her old home, turned back to look upon it. Too late the angels' words came back to her, "Look not behind thee."
THE FLIGHT OF LOT.
Her feet were rooted to the spot; her voice refused to come; sight left her; sound was shut out; and in one instant she was changed to a pillar of salt.