Just as God had punished evildoers by means of a deluge in Noah’s day and fire in the case of Sodom and Gomorrah, so he wielded the nation of Israel as his sword of execution. ​ — Genesis 6: 12, 17; 19: 13, 24, 25.
( 1. Mozus 6: 12, 17; 19: 13, 24, 25.)