Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
envy . . . of Ephraim . . . Judah--which began as early as the time (Judges 8:1; Judges 12:1, etc.). Joshua had sprung from, and resided among the Ephraimites (Numbers 13:9; Joshua 19:50); the sanctuary was with them for a time (Joshua 18:1). The jealousy increased subsequently (2 Samuel 2:8, etc.; 2 Samuel 19:41; 2 Samuel 20:2; 2 Samuel 3:10); and even before David's time (1 Samuel 11:8; 1 Samuel 15:4), they had appropriated to themselves the national name Israel. It ended in disruption (1 Kings 11:26, etc.; 1Ki. 12:1-33; compare 2 Kings 14:9; Psa. 78:56-71).
adversaries of Judah--rather, "the adversaries from Judah"; those of Judah hostile to the Ephraimites [MAURER]. The parallelism "the envy of Ephraim," namely, against Judah, requires this, as also what follows; namely, "Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim" (Ezekiel 37:15, Ezekiel 37:17, Ezekiel 37:19).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Song of Solomon 6:4
Isaiah 11:9
Isaiah 51:11
Isaiah 65:8
Jeremiah 3:18
Ezekiel 37:22
Hosea 1:11
Hosea 11:10
Obadiah 1:18
Ephesians 4:4
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