19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, and laid wait for us in the wilderness.

20 The [a]breath of our nostrils, the Anointed of the Lord was taken in their nets, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall be preserved alive among the heathen.

21 Rejoice and be glad, [b]O daughter Edom: that dwellest in the land of Uz, the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken [c]and vomit.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 4:20 Our king Josiah, in whom stood our hope of God’s favor, and on whom depended our state and life, was slain, whom he calleth Anointed, because he was a figure of Christ.
  2. Lamentations 4:21 This is spoken by derision.
  3. Lamentations 4:21 Or, show thy nakedness.

19 Our pursuers were swifter
    than eagles(A) in the sky;
they chased us(B) over the mountains
    and lay in wait for us in the desert.(C)

20 The Lord’s anointed,(D) our very life breath,
    was caught in their traps.(E)
We thought that under his shadow(F)
    we would live among the nations.

21 Rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom,
    you who live in the land of Uz.(G)
But to you also the cup(H) will be passed;
    you will be drunk and stripped naked.(I)

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