¹⁷ And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the wilderness?^{(A) 18} And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest^(B) if not to those who disobeyed?^{(C) 19} So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.^(D)

⁵ Though you already know all this,^(A) I want to remind you^(B) that the Lord^[a] at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.^{(C) 6} And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.^{(D) 7} In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah^(E) and the surrounding towns^(F) gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.^(G)