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 Jehovah of armies left to us an escaping so small, we were as Sodom and we were made like to Gomorrah.

I live, says the Lord Jehovah, if Sodom thy sister did, she and her daughters, as thou didst, thou and thy daughters.

And thou, Capernaum, lifted up even to heaven, thou shalt he brought down to hades: for if in the people of Sodom had been the powers being in thee, they had remained till this day.

And I say to you, that it shall be more supportable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

And that servant having known his lord's will, and not prepared, neither having done his will, shall be skinned with many.

The punishment

Those wounded by the sword were good above those wounded by famine: these will flow away, being thrust through from the produce of the field.

And he will overturn these cities, and all the circuit, and all inhabiting the cities, and the sprouting of the earth.

And he will set up his words which he spake against us, and against our judges who judged us to bring against us a great evil: which was not done under all the heavens according to what was done in Jerusalem.

For then shall be great pressure, such as has not been from the beginning of the world till now, nor should be.