abomination before me - “sinners before the Lord” (Gen 13:13); said of those whose sin is so heinous as to cry out to God for immediate judgments; presumptuous sins, daring God to the face (Gen 18:20; Gen 19:5).
I took them away - (Gen 19:24).
as I saw good - rather, “according to what I saw”; referring to Gen 18:21, where God says, “I will go down, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it which is come unto Me.”