Lamentations 4:7

"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."

Key Reflection

The verse highlights the severity of Judah's sins, indicating that they were more egregious even than those of Sodom, which faced swift destruction without prior warning. This对比犹大的罪孽比所多玛的罪孽还重,而所多玛在一夜之间就被毁灭了,却没有人为她伸援手。这突显了犹大罪行之严重,甚至超过了所多玛,后者虽遭迅速毁灭却无人救赎,显示出神对犹大罪恶的严厉态度和最终审判的不可避免性。提醒人们要警惕自己的行为,因为即使是短暂的不义也可能招致严重的后果。

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The Nazarites from their temperance were remarkable for health and personal beauty, besides being held in religious veneration. Rubies -Or, corals. Their polishing was of sapphire -Or, their shape was “a sapphire.” The allusion is no longer to color, but to form. Their shape was exact and faultless as the cutting of a precious stone.

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