Lamentations 4:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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.

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom - at our calamities (Psalms 137:7). This is a prophecy that Edom should exult over the fall of Jersualem. At the same time it is implied, Edom's joy shall be short-lived. Ironically she is told, Rejoice while thou mayest (so Ecclesiastes 11:9).

The cup also shall pass through unto thee. For this image of the confounding effects of God's wrath see Jeremiah 13:12; Jeremiah 25:15-16; Jeremiah 25:21; as to Edom, Jeremiah 49:7-22. [Tau (t)]

Lamentations 4:21

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.