Lamentations 4:6

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Summary

For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.

Punishment of the iniquity of the daughter

Luke 12:47

The punishment

Bible References

Punishment of the iniquity of the daughter

Unless the Lord of hosts

Had left us a few survivors,
We would be like Sodom,
We would be like Gomorrah.

As I live,” declares the Lord God, “Sodom, your sister and her daughters have not done as you and your daughters have done.

And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will descend to Hades; for if the miracles had occurred in Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day.

I say to you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.

And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will receive many lashes,

The punishment

Better are those

slain with the sword

Than those slain with hunger;
For they

pine away, being stricken

For lack of the fruits of the field.

and He overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.

Thus He has confirmed His words which He had spoken against us and against our

rulers who ruled us, to bring on us great calamity; for under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what was done to Jerusalem.

For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.