18. 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 ; Isaiah 11:13 ; 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 , &c.). stubble — ( Ezekiel 37:16- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-19" class="com-number"
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