THEOSISLamentations 4:6Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Vau. And the iniquity of the daughter of my people is made greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, and hands took nothing in her.
וַיִּגְדַּל֙ עֲוֺ֣ן בַּת־עַמִּ֔י מֵֽחַטַּ֖את סְדֹ֑ם הַֽהֲפוּכָ֣ה כְמוֹ־רָ֔גַע וְלֹא־חָ֥לוּ בָ֖הּ יָדָֽיִם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 19:25And he destroyed these cities, and all the country about, all the inhabitants of the cities, and all things that spring from the earth.
- Luke 10:12I say to you, it shall be more tolerable at that day for Sodom than for that city.
- Luke 12:47And that servant, who knew the will of his lord and prepared not himself and did not according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
- Ezek 16:48As I live, saith the Lord God, thy sister Sodom herself, and her daughters, have not done as thou hast done, and thy daughters.
- Ezek 16:50And they were lifted up, and committed abominations before me: and I took them away as thou hast seen.
- Matt 11:23And thou Capharnaum, shalt thou be exalted up to heaven? thou shalt go down even unto hell. For if in Sodom had been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in thee, perhaps it had remained unto this day.
- Matt 11:24But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for thee.
- Lam 4:9Teth. It was better with them that were slain by the sword, than with them that died with hunger: for these pined away being consumed for want of the fruits of the earth.