The mob scene in Genesis 19:4 is one of the most chilling lines in Torah. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan renders it with unflinching clarity.

"They had not yet lain down, when the wicked men of the city, the men of Sedom, came round upon the house, from the youth to the old man, all the people throughout."

Notice the specificity. From the youth to the old man. All the people throughout. This is not a gang of criminals. It is a civic event. Every demographic of Sodom turns out — teenagers, elders, middle-aged men — every corner of the population surrounds Lot's house with the same intent.

The rabbis read this detail as the decisive proof against Sodom. God's bargain with Abraham required ten righteous people to save the city. The verse here shows the opposite: there are not even ten exceptions. The wickedness is unanimous. Every man, from boy to grandfather, is part of the mob.

This is also why the angels can now act without hesitation. The case is closed. A verdict that destroys five cities cannot rest on the crime of a few; it requires the participation of the whole. And Sodom has volunteered the whole.

The Targum's expansion — "the wicked men of the city, the men of Sedom" — rubs the point in. The whole men of Sedom are the wicked men of Sedom. There is no remnant to pray over. There are no ten.

The takeaway: a city's soul is tested not by its best citizens but by whether its worst impulses can recruit the rest. Sodom failed that test in a single night.