Commentary for Sanhedrin 208:9

וכי משוא פנים יש בדבר אמר רבא אמר ר' יוחנן מדה יתירה היתה בירושלים שלא היתה בסדום דאילו בסדום כתיב (יחזקאל טז, מט) הנה זה היה עון סדום אחותך גאון שבעת לחם ויד עני ואביון לא החזיקה וגו' ואילו בירושלים כתיב (איכה ד, י) ידי נשים רחמניות בשלו ילדיהן

— Rabbah answered in R. Johanan's name: There was an extra measure [of punishment] in Jerusalem, which Sodom was spared. For in the case of Sodom, it is written, Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and the needy.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezek. XVI, 49. ');">²²</span> Whereas in the case of Jerusalem it is written, The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their children.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lam. IV, 10, thus Jerusalem suffered extreme hunger, which Sodom never did, and this fact counterbalanced her being spared total destruction (Rashi). ');">²³</span> The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. I, 15. ');">²⁴</span>

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