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Lamentations 4:6 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Lamentations 4:6 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Lamentations chapter 4 verse 6 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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: or, iniquity”
Lamentations 4:6 (KJV)
Commentary on Lamentations 4:6
A comparative judgment: "For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom" (vayigdal avon bat-ami me-chatat Sedom, וַיִּגְדַּל עֲוֺן בַּת־עַמִּי מֵחַטַּאת סְדֹם). Sodom's destruction was sudden—"that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her" (hahefekhah ke-mo rega velo-khalu vah yadayim). Genesis 19:24-25 records Sodom's instant annihilation by fire and brimstone. No prolonged siege, no gradual suffering. But Jerusalem endured prolonged agony: 18-month siege, starvation, watching children die slowly, then destru...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Lamentations 4:6
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“all the plain”
“who knew his lord's will”
“we would have been as Sodom; we would have been like Gomorrah.”
“such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now”
“it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.”
“which he spoke against us”
“stricken through”
“Capernaum”
“says the Lord Yahweh”