Lamentations 4:6

The Message

The evil guilt of my dear people was worse than the sin of Sodom— The city was destroyed in a flash, and no one around to help.

Cross References

Genesis 19:24

Then God rained brimstone and fire down on Sodom and Gomorrah—a river of lava from God out of the sky!—and destroyed these cities and the entire plain and everyone who lived in the cities and everything that grew from the ground.

Lamentations 4:9

Better to have been killed in battle than killed by starvation. Better to have died of battle wounds than to slowly starve to death.

Matthew 24:21

“This is going to be trouble on a scale beyond what the world has ever seen, or will see again. If these days of trouble were left to run their course, nobody would make it. But on account of God’s chosen people, the trouble will be cut short.

Luke 12:47

“The servant who knows what his master wants and ignores it, or insolently does whatever he pleases, will be thoroughly thrashed. But if he does a poor job through ignorance, he’ll get off with a slap on the hand. Great gifts mean great responsibilities; greater gifts, greater responsibilities!