The prophet ends his elegy with the language of Messianic hope. The earthly king had fallen (Lamentations 4:20); but Israel cannot real…

O daughter of Edom. — The triumph of Edom in the downfall of Zion was, as in Psalms 137:0, the crowning sorrow of the mou…

The Prophet in this verse intimates that the Jews were exposed to the reproaches and taunts of all their enemies, but he immediately moderates thei…

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom
The land of Idumea, and the inhabitants of it, who did indeed rejoice at the…

Here, the prophet threatens those who are insulting them, and especially the Edomites.

The prophet does two things: first, he threatens them…