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.
Ver. 22. The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion.] A word of comfort in the close of this doleful ditty. The Sun of righteousness loveth not to set in a cloud. See Isaiah 40:1. Profane elegies have no comfort in them, as this hath.
He will no more carry thee away into captivity,] i.e., No more in haste, after thy return from Babylon. Carried away they were again, many ages later, by the Romans, a whom to this day they therefore call "Edomites," and the Pope's hierarchy "the wicked kingdom of Edom," which they say shall he certainly destroyed, as is here also foretold; and then shall they be brought back again to Jerusalem, and there resettled by their Messiah. See the Chaldee paraphrast upon this text.
He will discover thy sins,] i.e., Punish thee soundly for them in the sight of all men. See on Psa 32:1-2 Job 20:27 .
a Accommodant huc Isaiah 21:11, legentes pro Dumah Roma.