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.
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...
Like David's psalms, lamentation ends in comfort: light from darkness. Zion's troubles shall cease once they have done their work; God's justice is satisfied and sin taken away. The captivity ends, and Edom's insults over Jacob shall themselves be repaid.
AI summary
Commenting on Lamentations 4:21-22
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, Oba 1:12; and here, in an ironic manner, are bid to go on with their mirth, if they could, like the young man in Ecc 11:9, as Aben Ezra observes; for it would not last long, their note would...