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.
Ver. 21. Rejoice and be glad.] This is spoken to Edom by a certain ironic and bitter concession - q.d., Do so if thou hast any mind to it; but thou shalt soon be made to change thy cheer. Thy flearing at us shall be soon turned into fearing for thyself, thy mirth into mourning.
That dwellest in the land of Uz.] Job's country, called also Syria, saith R. Solomon, and haply from Seir. Evil is at next door by to those who rejoice at the evils of others.
The cup shall pass through unto thee.] The quaffing cup of God's wrath. Jeremiah 25:18 ; Jer 25:29
And shalt make thyself naked.] a To the scorn of all, as drunkards, who are void of shame and common honesty, baring those parts that nature would have covered. See Jeremiah 49:10 .
a Ut ebria et amotae mentis. as the intoxicated and the insane.