Lamentations 4:21
in Lamentations 4So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.
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ASV
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz: The cup shall pass through unto thee also; thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
KJV
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
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This verse in Lamentations 4
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The prophet ends his elegy with the language of Messianic hope. The earthly king had fallen Lam 4:20; but Israel cannot really perish. First then Edom, the representative of the Church’s foes, is ironically told to rejoice. Rejoice she did at the capture of Jerusalem Jer. 49:7-22; but her punishment is quickly to follow. Lam 4:22 The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished - literally, Thy iniquity is ended. This is the result of Judah having borne her punishment.
This site's exposition
The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life
on Lamentations 4:20-22
Verse 20 names the political center of the loss: “The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits”, King Zedekiah. Verse 21 tells Edom to rejoice, yet “the cup will pass to you as well”, the charge Obadiah takes up at length.
This site's exposition
O Daughter of Edom
The call to rejoice is irony, as Adam Clarke and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown both read it. Edom cheered the fall of Jerusalem, as Psalm 137:7 and Obadiah 1:11-14 record. Jeremiah 25:20-21 names the land of Uz and Edom among the nations who must drink the cup.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Here those isolated, and principally the Edomites, are threatened first. Then second, the Jews are comforted. As to the first (the Edomites), joy is excluded. As said: "Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom." That is, be laughingly. As 2 Samuel (2 Kings) 1:20 …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom,....
It will be a righteous destruction. God will herein visit thy iniquity and discover thy sins; he will punish them, and, to justify himself therein, he will discover them, and make it to appear that he has just cause thus to proceed against them. Nay, the punishment of the sin shall so exactly answer the sin that it shall itself plainly discover it.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
This is a prophecy that Edom should exult over the fall of Jerusalem. At the same time it is implied, Edom's joy shall be short-lived. Ironically she is told, Rejoice while thou mayest (Ec 11:9). cup--for this image of the confounding effects of God's wrath, see Jer 13:12;
Rejoice and be Lad, O daughter of Edom - A strong irony. The cup also shall pass through unto thee - Thou who hast triumphed in our disasters shalt shortly have enough of thy own. They had joined themselves to the Chaldeans, (see Psa 137:7), and therefore they should share in the desolations of Babylon.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שִׂ֤ישִׂי | sisi | exult | H7797 → | |
| וְשִׂמְחִי֙ | vesimchi | and rejoice | H8055 → | |
| בַּת־ | bat- | O daughter of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| אֱד֔וֹם | ʾedom | Edom | H123 → | |
| יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת | yoshavti | [who] dwells | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| ע֑וּץ | ʾutz | Uz | H5780 → | |
| גַּם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ | ʾalayikh | to you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| תַּעֲבָר־ | taavor- | it will pass on | H5674 → | 556 times |
| כּ֔וֹס | kos | a cup | H3563 → | |
| תִּשְׁכְּרִ֖י | tishkeri | you will become drunk | H7937 → | |
| וְתִתְעָרִֽי׃ ס | vetitari | and you may strip yourself naked | H6168 → |
שִׂ֤ישִׂיexult
sisiH7797 →
וְשִׂמְחִי֙and rejoice
vesimchiH8055 →
בַּת־O daughter of
bat-H1323 →588 times
אֱד֔וֹםEdom
ʾedomH123 →
יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת[who] dwells
yoshavtiH3427 →1079 times
בְּאֶ֣רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
ע֑וּץUz
ʾutzH5780 →
גַּם־also
gam-H1571 →769 times
עָלַ֙יִךְ֙to you
ʾalayikhH5921 →5755 times
תַּעֲבָר־it will pass on
taavor-H5674 →556 times
כּ֔וֹסa cup
kosH3563 →
תִּשְׁכְּרִ֖יyou will become drunk
tishkeriH7937 →
וְתִתְעָרִֽי׃ סand you may strip yourself naked
vetitariH6168 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
it leads to
- James 5:11
See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
- Ezekiel 14:14
then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 14:20
then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.
- Job 28:28
And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
- James 5:11
Through
Revelation 16:15“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”
it leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3
For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
- Matthew 24:42–43
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.
- Revelation 3:18
I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to…
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3
Through
Amos 1:11This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 25:12–14
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 25:12–14
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Lamentations.