How is the gold become dim! [how] is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
"Sodom was overthrown ... no hands were laid upon her"  (Lamentations 4:6b). This emphasizes the fact that Sodom's punishment was lighter than Israel's. They did not endure such a terror as siege.  Their overthrow was instantaneous; Israel's lasted seventy years, beginning with this unspeakably tragic siege.