Lamentations 4:6

God's Word

The punishment for my people’s wickedness has been more severe than the punishment for the sins of Sodom. Sodom was destroyed instantly, without one human hand touching it.

Cross References

Genesis 19:24

Then the Lord made burning sulfur and fire rain out of heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah.

Genesis 19:25

He destroyed those cities, the whole plain, all who lived in the cities, and whatever grew on the ground.

Isaiah 24:2

The same will happen to people and priests, male slaves and masters, female slaves and masters, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, debtors and creditors.

Jeremiah 20:16

May that man be like the cities that the Lord destroyed without pity. May he hear a cry of alarm in the morning and a battle cry at noon.

Jeremiah 23:14

“⌞Say this⌟ about the prophets of Jerusalem: I see something horrible. The prophets of Jerusalem commit adultery and live a lie. They support those who do evil so that no one turns back from his wickedness. They are all like Sodom to me, and those who live in Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”

Lamentations 4:9

Those who were killed with swords are better off than those who are dying from starvation. Those who were stabbed bled to death. The others are dying because there is nothing in the fields to eat.

Daniel 8:25

He will cleverly use his power to deceive others successfully. He will consider himself to be great and destroy many people when they don’t expect it. He will oppose the Commander of Commanders, but he will be defeated, though not by any human power.

Daniel 9:12

So you did what you said you would do to us and our rulers by bringing a great disaster on us. Nowhere in the world has anything ever happened like what has happened to Jerusalem.

Matthew 24:21

There will be a lot of misery at that time, a kind of misery that has not happened from the beginning of the world until now and will certainly never happen again.

Luke 10:12

I can guarantee that judgment day will be easier for Sodom than for that city.

Luke 12:47

“The servant who knew what his master wanted but didn’t get ready to do it will receive a hard beating.