Lamentations 4:21
The Prophet Speaks:
ש (Sin/Shin)
21 Rejoice and be glad for now, ▼ O people of Edom, ▼▼ Heb “O Daughter of Edom.”
who reside in the land of Uz.
But the cup of judgment ▼
▼ Heb “the cup.” Judgment is often depicted as a cup of wine that God forces a person to drink, causing him to lose consciousness, red wine drooling out of his mouth – resembling corpses lying on the ground as a result of the actual onslaught of the Lord’s judgment. The drunkard will reel and stagger, causing bodily injury to himself – an apt metaphor to describe the devastating effects of God’s judgment. Just as a cup of poison kills all those who are forced to drink it, the cup of God’s wrath destroys all those who must drink it (e.g., Ps 75:9; Isa 51:17, 22; Jer 25:15, 17, 28; 49:12; 51:7; Lam 4:21; Ezek 23:33; Hab 2:16).
will pass ▼▼ The imperfect verb “will pass” may also be a jussive, continuing the element of request, “let the cup pass…”
to you also; you will get drunk and take off your clothes.
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