John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 7. And [they] of Ephraim shall be like a mighty [man] , etc.] What remain, and shall be found of the ten tribes, shall be as is said of Judah, or the Jews of the two tribes, ( Zechariah 10:5): and their heart shall rejoice as through wine : they shall be filled with inward and spiritual joy, through the love of God shed abroad in their heart; and through the Gospel of Christ having a place there; and through the blessings of divine grace, those streams of love, and which flow in the Gospel, and make glad the hearts of God’s people; all which are comparable to wine: yea, their children shall see [it], and be glad ; they shall see the strength, victory, and salvation of their fathers, and the joy they shall be possessed of, and join with them in it, having a share in the same blessings they are partakers of: their heart shall rejoice in the Lord ; in the person and offices of Christ, who will now be known by the spiritual seed and offspring of the church, and in the great salvation wrought out by him, and in all the blessings of grace that accompany it. The Targum is, “their heart shall rejoice in the word of the Lord;” the essential Word, the Son of God.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 6-12 - Here are precious promises to the people of God, which look to the state of the Jews, and even to the latter days of the church. Preachin the gospel is God's call for souls to come to Jesus Christ. Those who Christ redeemed by his blood, God will gather by his grace Difficulties shall be got over easily, and effectually, as those in the way of the deliverance out of Egypt. God himself will be their strength, and their song. When we resist, and so overcome our spiritual enemies, then our hearts shall rejoice. If God strengthen us, we mus bestir ourselves in all the duties of the Christian life, must be active in the work of God; and we must do all in the name of the Lor Jesus _________________________________________________
Original Hebrew והיו1961 כגבור1368 אפרים669 ושׂמח8055 לבם3820 כמו3644 יין3196 ובניהם1121 יראו7200 ושׂמחו8056 יגל1523 לבם3820 ביהוה׃3068
