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Ratapan 4:22
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22 The punishment of your iniquity will be accomplished and completed, O Daughter of Zion; [the Lord] will no more carry you away or keep you in exile. But He will inspect and punish your iniquity and guilt, O Daughter of Edom; He will uncover your sins. Ps. 137:7.">[fn]
22 The punishment of your iniquity will be accomplished and completed, O Daughter of Zion; [the Lord] will no more carry you away or keep you in exile. But He will inspect and punish your iniquity and guilt, O Daughter of Edom; He will uncover your sins. Ps. 137:7.">[fn]
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
The punishment of thine iniquity: or, Thine iniquity, Lamentations 4:6, *marg. Isaiah 40:2, Jeremiah 46:27, Jeremiah 46:28, Jeremiah 50:20
he will no: Isaiah 52:1, Isaiah 60:18, Jeremiah 32:40, Ezekiel 37:28
he will visit: Lamentations 4:21, Psalms 137:7
discover thy sins: or, carry thee captive for thy sins
Reciprocal: Numbers 16:29 - visited Deuteronomy 30:7 - General Ezra 2:1 - whom Nebuchadnezzar Proverbs 24:18 - and he Jeremiah 5:9 - I not visit Jeremiah 5:25 - General Jeremiah 25:21 - Edom Jeremiah 30:16 - General Jeremiah 49:8 - for Jeremiah 49:12 - they whose Jeremiah 50:11 - ye were Lamentations 1:21 - they are Lamentations 4:11 - Lord Ezekiel 5:13 - shall mine Ezekiel 6:12 - thus Ezekiel 16:57 - thy wickedness Ezekiel 25:13 - I will also Ezekiel 35:2 - and prophesy Ezekiel 38:8 - thou shalt be Daniel 9:24 - and to Amos 1:11 - because Obadiah 1:1 - concerning Obadiah 1:15 - the day Micah 7:8 - Rejoice Malachi 1:4 - The people
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion,.... In part in the seventy years' captivity in Babylon, and more fully in their present captivity; for, as has been observed, there are some things in the preceding account, which had a further accomplishment in the destruction of Jerusalem, and the distress of the Jews by the Romans. The Targum is,
"and after thine iniquity is fulfilled, O congregation of Zion, and thou shalt be delivered by the hands of the Messiah, and of Elias the high priest;''
he will no more carry thee away into captivity; he, the enemy; or the Lord, as the Targum: that is, thou shall no more be carried captive: this seems to confirm the above observation, that this chapter is a prophecy of what would be, as well as a narrative of what had been; and includes the destruction both of the first and second temple, and of the Jews both by the Chaldeans and Romans; for it is certain, that, after their deliverance from the captivity of Babylon, they have been carried captive, and are now in captivity;
he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; punish the Edomites for their sins, as is elsewhere threatened, Jeremiah 49:7 Amos 1:11; which was fulfilled by Nebuchadnezzar as an instrument; and may have some respect to the destruction of the Romans, when the Jews shall be converted, and return to their own land. The Targum, in the king of Spain's Bible, is,
"and at that time I will visit thine iniquity, O wicked Rome, which art built in Italy, and full of multitudes of the children of Edom; and the Persians shall come and oppress thee, and make thee desolate;''
and so the copy used by Munster:
he will discover thy sins; by the punishment of them; as, when God pardons sins, he is said to cover them; so, when he punishes for them, he discovers them; see Jeremiah 49:10.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The prophet ends his elegy with the language of Messianic hope. The earthly king had fallen Lamentations 4:20; but Israel cannot really perish. First then Edom, the representative of the Church’s foes, is ironically told to rejoice. Rejoice she did at the capture of Jerusalem Jeremiah 49:7-22; but her punishment is quickly to follow.
Lamentations 4:22
The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished - literally, Thy iniquity is ended. This is the result of Judah having borne her punishment. And as it is not just to punish twice for the same thing, therefore Jeremiah adds, “He will not send thee again into captivity;” not meaning that under all circumstances Judah would have immunity from exile; - for that would depend upon her future conduct: but that her present guilt being expiated, she would have nothing to fear on its account.
He will discover thy sins - See the margin. As Edom rejoices when the Church is chastised, so is the day of the Church’s triumph that also on which the wicked meet with retribution.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Lamentations 4:22. The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion — On the contrary: Rejoice, O Jerusalem, for thy captivity will soon end; thy sufferings are nearly completed; thou shalt soon return to thy own land: but he will visit thy iniquity, O Edom; he will discover thy sins. When sin is pardoned, it is said to be covered: here, God says he will not cover the sins of Edom - he will not pardon them; they shall drink the cup of wrath.
The promise in this last verse may refer to Jerusalem under the Gospel. When they receive Christ crucified, they shall be gathered from all nations, become one with the Church among the Gentiles, be one flock under one and the same Shepherd, and shall be carried no more into captivity.
