Luke 17:29

“But the same day Lot went out of Sodom, etc.] Being plucked and brought from thence by the angels early in the morning; and a fine morning it was; the sun was risen, and shone out upon the earth, as Lot got into Zoar, (<011915>Genesis 19:15,16,23). “The Jews” f538 say it was the sixteenth day of Nisan: it rained fire and brimstone from heaven; the Syriac version reads, “the Lord rained”; so it is said in (<011924>Genesis 19:24) “the Lord rained from the Lord”; Jehovah the Son, rained from Jehovah the Father; or the word of the Lord, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem render it; and which is no inconsiderable proof of the deity of Christ: and the Persic version here reads, “God rained”;…”

“They did eat ... - They were busy in the affairs of this life, as if nothing were about to happen. The same day ... - See Genesis 19:23-25. “It rained.” The word here used “might” have been rendered “he” rained. In Genesis it is said that the “Lord” did it. Fire and brimstone - God destroyed Sodom on account of its great wickedness. He took vengeance on it for its sins; and the example of Sodom is set before people to deter them from committing great transgressions, and as a “full proof” that God will punish the guilty. See Jude 1:7; also Isaiah 1:10; Jeremiah 23:14. Yet, in overthrowing it, he used natural means. He is not to be supposed to have “created” fire and brimstone for the…”

“Gen 19:16-25; Deu 29:23-25; Isa 1:9, Isa 13:19; Jer 50:40; Hos 11:8; Amo 4:11; Zep 2:9; Mat 11:23, Mat 11:24; Pe2 2:6; Jde 1:7; Rev 11:8 Luke 17:30”