Lamentations 4:21

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 4:21-22

David's psalms of lamentation commonly conclude with some word of comfort, which is as life from the dead and light shining out of darkness; so does this lamentation here in this chapter. The people of God are now in great distress, their aspects all doleful, their prospects all frightful, and their ill-natured neighbours the Edomites insult over them and do all they can to exasperate their destroyers against them. Such was their violence against their brother Jacob (Obad. 1:10), such their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 4:21

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom ,.... The land of Idumea, and the inhabitants of it, who did indeed rejoice at the destruction of Jerusalem, Obadiah 1:12 ; and here, in an ironic manner, are bid to go on with their mirth, if they could, like the young man in Ecclesiastes 11:9 , as Aben Ezra observes; for it would not last long, their note would soon be changed: that dwellest in the land of Uz ; not the country of Job, which had its name from Uz the son of Nahor, Job 1:1 ;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 4:21

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 Psalm 137:7 ;), and therefore they should share in the desolations of Babylon. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 4:21

Verse 21 The Prophet in this verse intimates that the Jews were exposed to the reproaches and taunts of all their enemies, but he immediately moderates their sorrow, by adding a consolation; and it was a sorrow that in itself must have been very bitter; for we know that nothing’ is harder to bear, in a state of misery, than the petulant insults of enemies; these wound us more than all other evils which we may suffer. The Prophet then intimates, that the Jews had been so reduced, that all the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Lamentations 4:21

Rejoice and be glad. An ironical address to Edom, who is bidden to enjoy her malicious triumph, but warned that it will be but short lived. How ungenerously the Edomites behaved at the fall of Jerusalem we are repeatedly told (see on Jeremiah 49:7 ). In the land of Uz. As to the situation of Uz, see on Jeremiah 25:20 . The cup; one of Jeremiah's images (see Jeremiah 25:15 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 4:21-22

The prophet ends his elegy with the language of Messianic hope. The earthly king had fallen Lamentations 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 Jeremiah 49:7-22; but her punishment is quickly to follow.Lamentations 4:22The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished - literally, Thy iniquity is ended. This is the result of Judah having borne her punishment. And... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Lamentations 4:21-22

Lamentations 4:21-22. Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom A sarcastical expression, as if the prophet had said, Rejoice while thou mayest, O Edom, over the calamities of the Jews; but thy joy shall not last long, for in a little time it shall come to thy turn to feel God’s afflicting hand; the cup of affliction shall pass unto thee: see Jeremiah 49:7, &c. The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion, &c. It was usual for the prophets, when they... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Lamentations 4:1-22

Corrupt leaders disgraced (4:1-22)Jerusalem’s former glory is contrasted with her present ruin. The once glorious temple, now defiled and shattered, is symbolic of the once glorious people now shamed and broken. Jerusalem’s dead lie in the streets like pieces of broken pottery (4:1-2). The writer recalls again the scene of horror during the siege. Wild beasts provide food for their young, but in Jerusalem mothers are unable to provide food for their children. Rich nobles die on the streets like... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Lamentations 4:21

Rejoice, &c. Said in solemn irony. the land of Uz. See notes on p. 666, and App-62 . naked. Between Lamentations 4:21 and Lamentations 4:22 lies the whole of this present Dispensation. See App-63 and App-72 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Lamentations 4:21

A PROPHETIC REFERENCE TO THE PUNISHMENT OF EDOM"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.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 uncover thy sins."The traditional hatred of Edom (the descendants of Esau) against Israel was, in all... read more

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