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Lamentations 4:21

Lamentations 4:21

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Rejoice and be glad. An ironical address to Edom, who is bidden to enjoy her malicious triumph, but warned that it will be but short lived. How ungenerously the Edomites behaved at the fall of Jerusalem we are repeatedly told (see on ).

In the land of Uz. As to the situation of Uz, see on . The cup; one of Jeremiah's images (see ).

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