Lamentations 4:6 “The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of So…”

Lamentations 4:6

The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand turned to help her.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment. No hands were laid on her.

American Standard Version

For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, That was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were laid upon her.

Geneva Bible 1599

For the iniquitie of the daughter of my people is become greater then the sinne of Sodom, that was destroyed as in a moment, and none pitched campes against her.

Darby Translation

And the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the reward of the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were violently laid upon her.

Young's Literal Translation

And greater is the iniquity of the daughter of my people, Than the sin of Sodom, That was overturned as [in] a moment, And no hands were stayed on her.

Bible in Basic English

For the punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of Sodom, which was overturned suddenly without any hand falling on her.

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Cross references

“punishment of the iniquity of the daughter”

Luke 10:12 Luke 12:47 Ezekiel 16:48–50 Isaiah 1:9 Isaiah 1:10 Matthew 11:23

Luke 10:12 · BSB

I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.

Luke 12:47 · BSB

That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.

Ezekiel 16:48–50 · BSB

As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done.

Isaiah 1:9 · BSB

Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.

Isaiah 1:10 · BSB

Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

Matthew 11:23 · BSB

And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.

“the punishment”

Genesis 19:25 Matthew 24:21 Lamentations 4:9 Daniel 9:12

Genesis 19:25 · BSB

Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.

Matthew 24:21 · BSB

For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.

Lamentations 4:9 · BSB

Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.

Daniel 9:12 · BSB

You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.

7Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.

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