Lamentations 4:6
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“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.”
עָוֺן
Iniquity, guilt, punishment. Avon. He forgives all your iniquity. God does not just forgive the act. He removes the guilt and the punishment.
חוּל
they twisted
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חוּל
To twist, to writhe, to wait with trembling. Chuwl. Expectant waiting so intense it feels like physical tension. It is faith under pressure.
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עַם
people/ my
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עַם
People, nation, folk. Am. You are My people and I am your God. This mutual belonging is the heart of the covenant.
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יָד
hands
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יָד
Hand. Yad. The hand as the symbol of power and action. When God's hand rests on a life nothing is impossible.
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בַּת
the daughter of
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בַּת
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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כְּמוֹ
like
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כְּמוֹ
a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, so
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רֶגַע
a moment
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רֶגַע
a wink (of the eyes), i.e. a very short space of time
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סְדֹם
Sodom
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סְדֹם
Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea
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