Lecture 21

^4:21^ Sin. Rejoice, and be glad, O daughter of Edom, who dwells in the land of Hus: to thee also shall the cup come, you shall be made drunk, and naked.

87. Here he threatens those insulting them, and especially the Edomites.

First, he threatens them;

second, he consoles the Jews: your iniquity is accomplished (Lam 4:22).

Concerning the first, he does two things.

First, he excludes joy, saying mockingly: rejoice. Tell it not in Geth, publish it not in the streets of Ascalon (2 Sam 1:20). Daughter of Edom, people of the Edomites; in the land of Hus.

On the contrary: I have given mount Seir to Esau, for a possession (Deut 2:5).

Furthermore. Hus was the firstborn of Nahor (Gen 22:21).

But it should be said that it is not spoken about the man called Hus, but about the land called Hus, which is also called Ausitis, as the Gloss says. (Jerome, In Hieremiam prophetam libri vi 5.308 (CSEL 59.308; PL 24:679 [705]).) All the kings of the land of Ausitis (Jer 25:20), which is on the border of the Edomites and the Arabs.

Second, he threatens punishment: to you also shall the cup come, the wrath of God; you shall be made drunk, you will be filled with misery; and naked, stripped of all your goods. Behold they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup, shall certainly drink (Jer 49:12).