Contradictions and Paradoxes in Lamentations 4:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Lamentations 4:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Lamentations 4:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, this verse means that the people who did wrong were punished even more than the city of Sodom, which was destroyed very quickly. This shows how serious their mistakes were and why they needed to learn and change.

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. [punishment of the iniquity: or, iniquity]

Contradiction with Ezekiel 16:48-49

Lamentations 4:6 states that the punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of Sodom, while Ezekiel suggests that Sodom's iniquity was full of pride, idleness, and neglect of the poor, implying a severity of sin not necessarily surpassed in Lamentations.

Ezekiel 16:48-49: [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.

Contradiction with Matthew 11:23-24

This verse communicates that the judgment for those who reject Jesus will be more bearable than that of Sodom, seemingly contradicting the idea in Lamentations that no punishment could be greater than what Jerusalem received.

Matthew 11:23-24: And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

Contradiction with Genesis 19:24-25

Describes the complete destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by sulfur and fire, indicating a level of destruction that might be considered total, conflicting with the statement in Lamentations that suggests a lesser punishment for Sodom compared to Jerusalem.

Genesis 19:24-25: Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:9

This verse acknowledges that if the LORD of hosts hadn't left a few survivors, Jerusalem would have become like Sodom and Gomorrah, suggesting they weren't yet as punished as those cities, contrasting with Lamentations' claim.

Isaiah 1:9: Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, [and] we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
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