Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Luke 17:28,29
This all started when - “Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward
Sodom.” Genesis 13:2
Then of course there was the invasion of the kings, which should have been a huge wake-up call to Lot and his family, but they obviously went back to the same area again, and this time they ended up in the city itself and settled down to a life of peace and safety there.
Then Ezekiel tells us something about the lifestyle in Sodom before it was destroyed -
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. Ezek. 16:49
Finally, because of the prayers and intercession of Abraham, Lot, his wife, and 2 daughters had to be literally dragged out of the place before -
Suddenly and unexpectedly as would be a thunder peal from an unclouded sky, the tempest broke. The Lord rained brimstone and fire out of heaven upon the cities and the fruitful plain; its palaces and temples, costly dwellings, gardens and vineyards, and the gay, pleasure-seeking throngs that only the night before had insulted the messengers of heaven—all were consumed. PP 162
