The Bible — notes and cross-references in Lamentations | Interpretation and commentary to chapter 4

4:1^a stones

Matt. 24:2, 15
4:2^a earthen

Isa. 30:14; Jer. 19:11; cf. 2 Cor. 4:7
4:6^a Sodom

Gen. 19:25
4:8^a darker

Lam. 5:10; Joel 2:6; Nahum 2:10; cf. Rev. 6:5
4:13^a blood

Matt. 23:31, 35-37
4:15^a Unclean

Lev. 13:45
4:19^a eagles

Deut. 28:49; Jer. 4:13
4:20^a anointed

Jer. 39:5; 52:8; Ezek. 12:13
4:22^a punishment

Isa. 40:2
4:22¹ punish

Or, visit. Jeremiah wrote this lamentation altogether in a human way. His sympathy, his love, his sorrow, and his weeping were altogether human. Here his human feeling for Israel led him into human jealousy concerning Edom. Jeremiah was unhappy that Edom was enjoying peace while Israel was under God’s punishment. Therefore, according to his human feeling, he declared that God would punish the iniquity of Edom and uncover their sins.
4:22^b Edom

Psa. 137:7