SIL Translator’s Notes on Lamentations 4:21

4:21a So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom,

Be happy and glad, people of Edom. (New Century Version)
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Celebrate and be happy while you can, people of Edom ⌊you descendants of Esau⌋ ,

4:21b you who dwell in the land of Uz.

Celebrate, you who live in the land of Uz.
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in the land ⌊which is named after a man called⌋ Uz.

4:21c Yet the cup will pass to you as well;

But ⌊you must know,⌋ you will also be judged.
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⌊However, the time will come when⌋ God will punish you too!

4:21d you will get drunk and expose yourself.

Then you will be ⌊like people who get⌋ drunk and take off their clothes.
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Then you will get drunk and go naked. (New Century Version)

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