Jeremiah pours out his feelings over the terrible effects of the 18 - month siege of Jerusalem and laments: “The punishment for the error of the daughter of my people also becomes greater than the punishment for the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment, and to which no hands turned helpfully. ”
पुढे यिर्मया म्हणतो: “क्षुधेने मारिलेल्यांपेक्षा तरवारीने मारिलेले पुरवले; कारण शेताचा उपज नसल्यामुळे ते व्याकुळ होऊन क्षय पावतात. ” — विलापगीत ४: ६, ९.