en_tn/gen/19/17.md

# When they had brought them out

"When the two men had brought Lot's family out"

# Run for your lives!

This is a way of telling them to run so that they do not die. Alternate translation: "Run away and save your lives!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# Do not look back

The phrase "at the city" is understood. Alternate translation: "Do not look back at the city" or "Do not look back at Sodom" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])

# on the plain

This means the plain of the Jordan River. This refers to the general region of the Jordan River.

# so you are not swept away

It is understood that they would swept away with the people of the city. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "or else God will destroy you along with the people of the city" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# not swept away

God destroying the people of the city is spoken of as if a person were sweeping away dust. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])