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Rejoiceשִׂישִׂיand be glad,וְשִׂמְחִיdaughterבַּתof Edom,אֱדוֹםyou who dwellיוֹשֶׁבֶתin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Uz;עוּץto you alsoגַּם עָלַיִךְthe cupכּוֹסwill pass;תַּעֲבָרyou will become drunkתִּשְׁכְּרִיand strip yourself bare.וְתִתְעָרִי
Lamentations 4:21
Study it in the app“Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz; to you also the cup will pass; you will become drunk and strip yourself bare.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 4:21, word by word
- Rejoiceשִׂישִׂיsisi
rejoice
Rejoice, be very glad.
Where else “sisi” appears- and be gladשִׂמְחִיsimchi
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “simchi” appears- daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of Edomאֱדוֹםedom
Edom
See it on the mapWhere else “edom” appears- you who dwellיוֹשֶׁבֶתyoshevet
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshevet” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Uzעוּץuts
Uz
Uz, a son of Aram and also a Horite; the region east of Canaan, the land of Job.
Where else “uts” appears- the cupכּוֹסkos
cup
A drinking vessel; also the lot that falls to each one to drink, good or bad.
Where else “kos” appears- will passתַּעֲבָרtaavar
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “taavar” appears- you will become drunkתִּשְׁכְּרִיtishkri
get drunk
To drink until senseless.
Where else “tishkri” appears- and strip yourself bareתִתְעָרִיtitari
lay bare
To strip what covers something and leave it in view, or to tear it down to its base.
Where else “titari” appears
Translation note
It can be understood as said with irony; the cup may be that of the judgment of YHWH on the nations, as in Jeremiah 25:15-29 and 49:12.
Places in this verse
Edom
Today: southern Jordan and the southern Negev
A mountain region south of the Dead Sea, in what is now southwest Jordan.
The Edomites came from Esau, Jacob's brother (Gen 36:1). Edom would not let Israel pass through its land (Num 20:14-21).
The context
20The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of YHWH, was caught in their pits, he of whom we said, “In his shadow we will live among the nations.”
21 · This verse (above)
22Your iniquity is ended, daughter of Zion; he will not again send you into exile. He will demand an account of your iniquity, daughter of Edom; he will uncover your sins.