Lamentations 4:6
For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom,which was overthrown in an instant, and no hands were laid on her.ZAYIN
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Genesis 19:24Then the Lord rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of the sky.
Isaiah 1:9Unless the Lord of hosts had left to us a very small remnant,we would have been as Sodom;we would have been like Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 23:14In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none does return from his wickedness: they are all of them become to me as Sodom, and its inhabitants as Gomorrah.
Ezekiel 16:48As I live,' says the Lord God, 'Sodom your sister has not done, she nor her daughters, as you have done, you and your daughters.
Daniel 9:12He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our rulers who ruled us, by bringing on us a great calamity; for under the whole heaven such has not been done as has been done on Jerusalem.
Matthew 24:21for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 4:2-13
Desolate Condition of Jerusalem; Effects of Famine in Jerusalem; Destruction of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 588.) 1 How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. 2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! 3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches… Read the whole commentary →