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Origen is commenting on Genesis 19:25-26, explaining the destruction of Sodom and the meaning of Lot's wife becoming a pillar of salt.
He destroyed these cities, the surrounding region, and all who dwelt in them, and the Lord destroys not only the impious but also their foods, which are Sodomitic and harmful.Among these is the vine, about which it is written: “For their vine is from the vine of Sodom, and their branch from Gomorrah” (Deuteronomy 32:32).At the same time he was rescued into the city, and the fire was brought upon the cities as a sign of the coming end of the age.She did not become just any pillar, but specifically a pillar of salt, because of the words: “You are the salt of the earth” (Matthew 5:13).And does not the saying “But if the salt becomes foolish” (Matthew 5:13) apply to the pillar of salt?He does not go up into the mountain all at once according to what was told him, but first goes to Zoar, even though he had no confidence in himself about going up into the mountain.