Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
fire--See the same figure, Numbers 21:28; Isaiah 5:24; Isaiah 10:17.
house of Jacob . . . Joseph--that is, the two kingdoms, Judah and Ephraim or Israel [JEROME]. The two shall form one kingdom, their former feuds being laid aside (Isaiah 11:12-13; Isaiah 37:22-28; Jeremiah 3:18; Hosea 1:11). The Jews returned with some of the Israelites from Babylon; and, under John Hyrcanus, so subdued and, compelling them to be circumcised, incorporated the Idumeans with themselves that they formed part of the nation [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 13.17; 12.11]. This was but an earnest of the future union of Israel and Judah in the possession of the enlarged land as one kingdom (Ezekiel 37:16, etc.).
stubble-- (Malachi 4:1).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Isaiah 21:12
Isaiah 34:5
Jeremiah 48:27
Obadiah 1:16
Obadiah 1:21
Malachi 4:1
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