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# the cities around them
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Here "cities" stands for the people who lived in them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# also indulged themselves
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The sexual sins of Sodom and Gomorrah were the result of the same kind of rebellion as the angels' evil ways.
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# as examples of those who suffer the punishment
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The destruction of the people of Sodom and Gomorrah became an example of the fate of all who reject God.
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# these dreamers
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the people who disobey God, probably because they claimed to see visions that gave them authority to do so
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# pollute their bodies
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This metaphor says that their sin makes their bodies—that is, their actions—unacceptable the way garbage in a stream makes the water undrinkable. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# say slanderous things
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"speak insults"
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# glorious ones
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This refers to spiritual beings, such as angels.
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/sodom]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/gomorrah]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fornication]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/punish]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/eternity]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/hell]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/dream]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/reject]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/authority]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/glory]] |