Lamentations 4:21

Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, 1 you who live in the land of Uz. 1 But to you also the cup will be passed; 1 you will be drunk and strip yourself naked. 1

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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.

In Context

20The breath in our nostrils—Yahweh's anointed one—he was the one who was captured in their pits; 1 of whom it was said, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.” 1

22Daughter of Zion, your punishment will come to an end; 1 he will not extend your exile. 1 But daughter of Edom, he will punish; 1 he will uncover your sins.

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Cross References

Genesis 36:28These were the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and Job was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned from evil.

Psalms 137:7Call to mind, Yahweh, what the Edomites did 1 on the day Jerusalem fell. 1 They said, “Tear it down, tear it down 1 to its foundations.” 1

Isaiah 34:1Come near, you nations, and listen; pay attention, you people! 1 The earth and all that fills it must listen, the world, and all things that come from it. 1

Jeremiah 25:15For Yahweh, God of Israel, said this to me, “Take this cup of the wine of fury from my hand and make all the nations to which I am sending you drink it.

Jeremiah 49:12For Yahweh says this, “See, those who did not deserve it must certainly drink some of the cup. Do you yourself think you will go without punishment? You will not, for you will certainly drink.

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 4:14-21

Cause of Jerusalem's Sorrows. ( b. c. 588.) 13 For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, 14 They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. 15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there. 16 The anger of the Lord hath divided… Read the whole commentary →

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