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But he will punish your sin, Daughter Edom, and expose your wickedness. <a href="/nlt/lamentations/4.htm">New Living Translation</a> O beautiful Jerusalem, your punishment will end; you will soon return from exile. But Edom, your punishment is just beginning; soon your many sins will be exposed. <a href="/esv/lamentations/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> The punishment of your iniquity, O daughter of Zion, is accomplished; he will keep you in exile no longer; but your iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he will punish; he will uncover your sins. <a href="/bsb/lamentations/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins. <a href="/kjv/lamentations/4.htm">King James Bible</a> The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins. <a href="/nkjv/lamentations/4.htm">New King James Version</a> The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; He will no longer send you into captivity. He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He will uncover your sins! <a href="/nasb_/lamentations/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> The punishment of your wrongdoing has been completed, daughter of Zion; He will no longer exile you. But He will punish your wrongdoing, daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins! <a href="/nasb/lamentations/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> The punishment of your iniquity has been completed, O daughter of Zion; He will exile you no longer. But He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins! <a href="/nasb77/lamentations/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> The punishment of your iniquity has been completed, O daughter of Zion; He will exile you no longer. But He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins! <a href="/lsb/lamentations/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> The punishment of your iniquity has come to an end, O daughter of Zion; He will exile you no longer. But He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins! <a href="/amp/lamentations/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> The punishment of your sin has been completed, O Daughter of Zion; The LORD will no longer send you into exile. But He will punish your sin, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins. <a href="/csb/lamentations/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Daughter Zion, your punishment is complete; he will not lengthen your exile. But he will punish your iniquity, Daughter Edom, and will expose your sins. <a href="/hcsb/lamentations/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Daughter Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not lengthen your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, Daughter Edom, and will expose your sins. <a href="/asv/lamentations/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: He will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will uncover thy sins. <a href="/cev/lamentations/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The people of Zion have paid for their sins, and the Lord will soon let them return home. But, people of Edom, you will be punished, and your sins exposed. <a href="/erv/lamentations/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins. <a href="/gwt/lamentations/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> People of Zion, the punishment for your wickedness will end. The LORD will not let you remain in exile. People of Edom, he will punish you for your wickedness. He will expose your sins." <a href="/gnt/lamentations/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> Zion has paid for her sin; the LORD will not keep us in exile any longer. But Edom, the LORD will punish you; he will expose your guilty acts. <a href="/isv/lamentations/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> The punishment for your sin is complete, you women of Zion, and God will no longer exile you. He will punish your iniquity, you women of Edom, and he will expose your sins. <a href="/msb/lamentations/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins. <a href="/net/lamentations/4.htm">NET Bible</a> O people of Zion, your punishment will come to an end; he will not prolong your exile. But, O people of Edom, he will punish your sin and reveal your offenses! <a href="/nheb/lamentations/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion; he will no more carry you away into captivity. He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom; he will uncover your sins. <a href="/wbt/lamentations/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> The punishment of thy iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thy iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will disclose thy sins. <a href="/web/lamentations/4.htm">World English Bible</a> The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion. He will no more carry you away into captivity. He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom. He will uncover your sins. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/lamentations/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Completed [is] your iniquity, daughter of Zion, "" He does not add to remove you, "" He has inspected your iniquity, O daughter of Edom, "" He has removed [you] because of your sins! <a href="/ylt/lamentations/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Completed is thy iniquity, daughter of Zion, He doth not add to remove thee, He hath inspected thy iniquity, O daughter of Edom, He hath removed thee because of thy sins! <a href="/slt/lamentations/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Thine iniquity was finished, O daughter of Zion; he will not add to carry thee into exile: reviewing thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he uncovered upon thy sins.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/lamentations/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thau. Thy iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Sion, he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he visited thy iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he hath discovered thy sins. The Prayer of Jeremias the Prophet. <a href="/cpdv/lamentations/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> THAU. Your iniquity has been completed, O daughter of Zion. He will no longer send you away to captivity. He has visited your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he has uncovered your sins. <a href="/nabre/lamentations/4.htm">New American Bible</a> Your punishment is completed, daughter Zion, the Lord will not prolong your exile; The Lord will punish your iniquity, daughter Edom, will lay bare your sins. <a href="/nrsvce/lamentations/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The punishment of your iniquity, O daughter Zion, is accomplished, he will keep you in exile no longer; but your iniquity, O daughter Edom, he will punish, he will uncover your sins.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/lamentations/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Your iniquities have come to an end, O daughter of Zion; God will no more carry you away into captivity; but your iniquities will be punished, O daughter of Edom; your sins are well uncovered. <a href="/hpbt/lamentations/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Tau Your sins are consumed, daughter of Zion! He will continue your captivity no more! Your violations have been sentenced, daughter of Edum! Your sins have been uncovered! <div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/lamentations/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion, He will no more carry thee away into captivity; He will punish thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom, He will uncover thy sins. <a href="/sep/lamentations/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> THAU. O daughter of Sion, thine iniquity has come to an end; he shall no more carry thee captive: he has visited thine iniquities, O daughter of Edom; he has discovered thy sins. <a href="/parallel/lamentations/4-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rKrWuOkEqzQ?start=1297" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/lamentations/4.htm">The Distress of Zion</a> …21So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself. 22<a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: baṯ- (N-fsc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">O Daughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/6726.htm" title="6726: ṣî·yō·wn (N-proper-fs) -- A mountain in Jer., also a name for Jer. The same as tsiyuwn; Tsijon, a mountain of Jerusalem.">of Zion,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ă·wō·nêḵ (N-csc:: 2fs) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">your punishment</a> <a href="/hebrew/8552.htm" title="8552: tam- (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive.">is complete;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">He will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3254.htm" title="3254: yō·w·sîp̄ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To add. A primitive root; to add or augment.">prolong</a> <a href="/hebrew/1540.htm" title="1540: lə·haḡ·lō·w·ṯêḵ (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf:: 2fs) -- To uncover, remove. A primitive root; to denude; by implication, to exile; figuratively, to reveal.">your exile.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6485.htm" title="6485: pā·qaḏ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To attend to, visit, muster, appoint. A primitive root; to visit; by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.">But He will punish</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ă·wō·nêḵ (N-csc:: 2fs) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">your iniquity,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: baṯ- (N-fsc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">O Daughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/123.htm" title="123: ’ĕ·ḏō·wm (N-proper-ms) -- The name of a condiment. Or oedowm; from 'adom; red; Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region occupied by him.">of Edom;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1540.htm" title="1540: gil·lāh (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To uncover, remove. A primitive root; to denude; by implication, to exile; figuratively, to reveal.">He will expose</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: ḥaṭ·ṭō·ṯā·yiḵ (N-fpc:: 2fs) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">your sins.</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/40-2.htm">Isaiah 40:2</a> “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.” <a href="/jeremiah/50-34.htm">Jeremiah 50:34</a> Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon. <a href="/isaiah/51-22.htm">Isaiah 51:22</a> Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again. <a href="/jeremiah/25-12.htm">Jeremiah 25:12</a> But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation. <a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Isaiah 47:1-3</a> “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate. / Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams. / Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.” <a href="/jeremiah/30-11.htm">Jeremiah 30:11</a> For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.” <a href="/isaiah/13-1.htm">Isaiah 13:1-22</a> This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received: / Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles. / I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph. ... <a href="/jeremiah/51-6.htm">Jeremiah 51:6</a> Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves. <a href="/isaiah/14-3.htm">Isaiah 14:3</a> On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced, <a href="/jeremiah/46-28.htm">Jeremiah 46:28</a> And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.” <a href="/isaiah/10-24.htm">Isaiah 10:24-25</a> Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyptians did. / For in just a little while My fury against you will subside, and My anger will turn to their destruction.” <a href="/jeremiah/29-10.htm">Jeremiah 29:10</a> For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place. <a href="/isaiah/52-1.htm">Isaiah 52:1-2</a> Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you. / Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion. <a href="/jeremiah/50-33.htm">Jeremiah 50:33-34</a> This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them. / Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon. <a href="/isaiah/54-7.htm">Isaiah 54:7-8</a> “For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back. / In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry you away into captivity: he will visit your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover your sins.the punishment of thine iniquity.<a href="/lamentations/4-6.htm">Lamentations 4:6</a> For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.<a href="/isaiah/40-2.htm">Isaiah 40:2</a> Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.<a href="/jeremiah/46-27.htm">Jeremiah 46:27,28</a> But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid… he will no<a href="/isaiah/52-1.htm">Isaiah 52:1</a> Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.<a href="/isaiah/60-18.htm">Isaiah 60:18</a> Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.<a href="/jeremiah/32-40.htm">Jeremiah 32:40</a> And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.he will visit<a href="/lamentations/4-21.htm">Lamentations 4:21</a> Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.<a href="/psalms/137-7.htm">Psalm 137:7</a> Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.discover thy sins.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/lamentations/4-11.htm">Accomplished</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-16.htm">Add</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Captivity</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-29.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-9.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-11.htm">Completed</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-21.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-21.htm">Disclose</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-26.htm">Discover</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-21.htm">Edom</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-18.htm">End</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-13.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-18.htm">Exile</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Expose</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-6.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-8.htm">Inspected</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-16.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-3.htm">Prisoner</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-4.htm">Prolong</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-52.htm">Punish</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-6.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-8.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-6.htm">Reward</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-6.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-13.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-10.htm">Uncover</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Uncovered</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-31.htm">Visit</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-11.htm">Zion</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/4-6.htm">Accomplished</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-14.htm">Add</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-2.htm">Captivity</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-5.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-13.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-6.htm">Completed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-20.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/hosea/2-10.htm">Disclose</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Discover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-57.htm">Edom</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-14.htm">End</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-7.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-2.htm">Exile</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-9.htm">Expose</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-18.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-3.htm">Inspected</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-14.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-2.htm">Prisoner</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-26.htm">Prolong</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-3.htm">Punish</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-7.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-31.htm">Reward</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-19.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-13.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Uncover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-7.htm">Uncovered</a> <a href="/hosea/1-4.htm">Visit</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-11.htm">Zion</a><div class="vheading2">Lamentations 4</div>1. <a href="/lamentations/4-1.htm">Zion bewails her pitiful estate</a> 13. <a href="/lamentations/4-13.htm">She confesses her sins</a> 21. <a href="/lamentations/4-21.htm">Edom is threatened and Zion comforted.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase refers to the people of Jerusalem, often called Zion, symbolizing the spiritual and political heart of Israel. The "punishment" mentioned is the Babylonian exile, a consequence of the nation's persistent idolatry and disobedience to God. The completion of this punishment signifies God's mercy and the end of a period of divine discipline. This reflects the covenant relationship where God disciplines but also restores His people, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/30.htm">Deuteronomy 30:1-3</a>, where God promises to bring back the exiles once they return to Him.He will not prolong your exile. The assurance that the exile will not be prolonged is a promise of hope and restoration. Historically, the Babylonian exile lasted 70 years, as prophesied by Jeremiah (<a href="/jeremiah/25-11.htm">Jeremiah 25:11-12</a>). This period was a time of purification and reflection for the Israelites, leading to a renewed commitment to the covenant. The return from exile is a type of the ultimate redemption found in Christ, who delivers believers from the bondage of sin.But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; Edom, descendants of Esau, often acted as adversaries to Israel. The "iniquity" refers to Edom's actions against Judah during the Babylonian invasion, where they rejoiced over Jerusalem's downfall (<a href="/obadiah/1-10.htm">Obadiah 1:10-14</a>). This phrase indicates divine justice, as Edom's betrayal and hostility will not go unpunished. The judgment against Edom is a reminder of God's sovereignty and justice over all nations, not just Israel.He will expose your sins. The exposure of Edom's sins signifies God's omniscience and the inevitability of divine judgment. This exposure is not just a revelation of wrongdoing but a call to accountability. In a broader biblical context, this reflects the principle that all hidden things will be brought to light (<a href="/luke/8-17.htm">Luke 8:17</a>). It serves as a warning that God's justice is impartial and comprehensive, ultimately fulfilled in the final judgment through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/d/daughter_of_zion.htm">Daughter of Zion</a> This term refers to the people of Jerusalem or the inhabitants of Judah. It is a poetic way of personifying the city and its people, often used to express God's relationship with them. 2. <a href="/topical/d/daughter_of_edom.htm">Daughter of Edom</a> Edom represents the descendants of Esau, Jacob's brother, and is often seen as an adversary to Israel. In this context, Edom symbolizes those who rejoice over Judah's downfall. 3. <a href="/topical/p/punishment_and_exile.htm">Punishment and Exile</a> The verse speaks of the end of Judah's punishment and exile, indicating a period of suffering due to their sins, which God allowed as a form of discipline. 4. <a href="/topical/i/iniquity_and_sin.htm">Iniquity and Sin</a> These terms refer to moral wrongdoing and rebellion against God. The verse contrasts the completed punishment of Zion with the impending judgment on Edom for their sins. 5. <a href="/topical/g/god's_justice.htm">God's Justice</a> The event of God punishing Edom while completing Zion's punishment highlights His justice and sovereignty over nations.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_discipline_is_temporary.htm">God's Discipline is Temporary</a> God's discipline, though painful, is not eternal. He sets a limit to the suffering of His people, promising restoration and hope. <a href="/topical/j/justice_for_all_nations.htm">Justice for All Nations</a> God's justice is impartial. While He disciplines His people, He also holds other nations accountable for their actions, as seen with Edom. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_promises.htm">Hope in God's Promises</a> Believers can find hope in God's promises of restoration and forgiveness, trusting that He will not prolong their trials beyond what is necessary. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_rejoicing_in_others'_misfortune.htm">The Consequences of Rejoicing in Others' Misfortune</a> Edom's punishment serves as a warning against taking pleasure in the downfall of others. Christians are called to empathy and compassion. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_history.htm">God's Sovereignty Over History</a> The completion of Zion's punishment and the judgment of Edom remind us of God's sovereign control over historical events and His ultimate plan for redemption.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_lamentations_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Lamentations 4</a> <a href="/q/who_was_felix_in_the_bible.htm">Where is the Land of Uz located?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_zion's_biblical_significance.htm">What is Zion and its biblical significance?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'called_by_his_purpose'_mean.htm">How is Jesus represented in each book of the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/why_have_you_forsaken_me.htm">Why have you forsaken me?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/lamentations/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) Is accomplished.--The mourner shares in the Messianic hopes of <a href="/isaiah/40-2.htm" title="Speak you comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry to her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she has received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins.">Isaiah 40:2</a>, and expresses it nearly in the same words.He will no more carry thee away.--Interpreted by later history, the words take their place in the list of unfulfilled prophecies, for, like all promises, they were dependent upon implied conditions, and in the rejection of the Christ by the Jews of His time there was a sin which involved a forfeiture of the blessing, and made the chastisement of a prolonged guilt necessary. For five centuries, however, the prophet's words held good, and there was no thorough "dispersion" of the Jews till after the Roman conquest.He will discover thy sins.--To cover sins is to forgive them (<a href="/psalms/32-1.htm" title="Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.">Psalm 32:1</a>; <a href="/psalms/32-5.htm" title="I acknowledge my sin to you, and my iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the LORD; and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.">Psalm 32:5</a>; <a href="/psalms/85-2.htm" title="You have forgiven the iniquity of your people, you have covered all their sin. Selah.">Psalm 85:2</a>; so to dis or un-cover sins is, therefore, to punish them. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/lamentations/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 22. - The punishment of thine iniquity or, thy guilt (see on ver. 6). The prophet speaks with the confidence of faith, and sees the guilt wiped away, and the danger of a future captivity removed by the purification which the Jewish national character has undergone. He will discover thy sins. God is said to "cover over" sins when he remits their punishment, and to "discover" them when he punishes them (comp. <a href="/job/20-27.htm">Job 20:27, 28</a>). <a href="/commentaries/lamentations/4-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>O Daughter בַּת־ (baṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> A daughter of Zion, צִיּ֔וֹן (ṣî·yō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6726.htm">Strong's 6726: </a> Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem your punishment עֲוֺנֵךְ֙ (‘ă·wō·nêḵ) Noun - common singular construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity is complete; תַּם־ (tam-) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8552.htm">Strong's 8552: </a> To be complete or finished He will not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no prolong יוֹסִ֖יף (yō·w·sîp̄) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3254.htm">Strong's 3254: </a> To add, augment your exile. לְהַגְלוֹתֵ֑ךְ (lə·haḡ·lō·w·ṯêḵ) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1540.htm">Strong's 1540: </a> To denude, to exile, to reveal But He will punish פָּקַ֤ד (pā·qaḏ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6485.htm">Strong's 6485: </a> To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit your iniquity, עֲוֺנֵךְ֙ (‘ă·wō·nêḵ) Noun - common singular construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity O Daughter בַּת־ (baṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> A daughter of Edom; אֱד֔וֹם (’ĕ·ḏō·wm) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_123.htm">Strong's 123: </a> The name of a condiment He will expose גִּלָּ֖ה (gil·lāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1540.htm">Strong's 1540: </a> To denude, to exile, to reveal your sins. חַטֹּאתָֽיִךְ׃ (ḥaṭ·ṭō·ṯā·yiḵ) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/lamentations/4-22.htm">Lamentations 4:22 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/lamentations/4-22.htm">Lamentations 4:22 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/lamentations/4-22.htm">Lamentations 4:22 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/lamentations/4-22.htm">Lamentations 4:22 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/lamentations/4-22.htm">Lamentations 4:22 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/lamentations/4-22.htm">Lamentations 4:22 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/lamentations/4-22.htm">Lamentations 4:22 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/lamentations/4-22.htm">Lamentations 4:22 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/lamentations/4-22.htm">Lamentations 4:22 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/lamentations/4-22.htm">Lamentations 4:22 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-22.htm">OT Prophets: Lamentations 4:22 The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished (Lam. 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