Lamentations 4:22

The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O Bat Tziyon; 1 He will no more prolong your Golus; 1 He will visit thine iniquity, O Bat Edom; 1 He will expose thy sins.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.

In Context

21Rejoice and be glad, O Bat Edom, 1 that dwellest in Eretz Utz; 1 the kos (cup) also shall pass unto thee; 1 thou shalt be drunk, and shalt be stripped naked. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 40:2Speak ye to the lev Yerushalayim, 1 and preach unto her, 1 that her tzeva'a (time of hard service, warfare) is ended, 1 that her avon (iniquity) is nirtzah (punitively paid for, pardoned); 1 for she hath received of the Yad Hashem kiflayim (double) 1 in payment for all her chattot. 1

Isaiah 60:18Chamas shall no more be heard in thy land, 1 shod nor shever within thy borders; 1 but thou shalt call thy chomot Yeshu'ah (Salvation), 1 and thy she'arim Tehillah (Praise). 1

Jeremiah 33:8And I will cleanse them from all their avon (iniquity), whereby they have sinned against Me; and I will pardon all their avonot, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have committed peysha'im against Me.

Jeremiah 50:20In those yamim, and at that time, saith Hashem, the avon Yisroel shall be searched for, and there shall be none; and the chattot Yehudah, and they shall not be found; for I will pardon them whom I preserve as remnant. 1

Lamentations 4:21Rejoice and be glad, O Bat Edom, 1 that dwellest in Eretz Utz; 1 the kos (cup) also shall pass unto thee; 1 thou shalt be drunk, and shalt be stripped naked. 1

Obadiah 1:10For thy chamas against thy brother Ya'akov, 1 bushah (shame) shall cover thee, 1 and thou shalt be cut off l'olam (for ever). 1

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 4:22

Comfort for Zion. ( b. c. 588.) 21 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. 22 The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins. David's psalms of lamentation commonly conclude with some word of comfort, which is as life from the dead and light… Read the whole commentary →

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