Lamentations 4:6

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.

The punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom - (cf. Christ's denunciation of Capernaum, "If the mighty works which have been done in thee had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day," ). No prophets had been sent to Sodom, as there had been to Judea; therefore the punishment of the latter was heavier than that of the former. Overthrown as in a moment - whereas the Jews had to endure the protracted and manifold hardships of a siege. No hands stayed on her - no hostile force, as the Chaldeans, in the case of Jerusalem, continually pressed on her before her overthrow. Jeremiah thus shows the greater severity of Jerusalem's punishment than that of Sodom. [Zayin (z)]