John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 6. In that day will I make the governors of Judah like a hearth of fire among the wood , etc.] As a large hearth of fire, with wood all about it, devours and consumes it; so shall the governors of Judah be to the nations that shall come up against Jerusalem. The Targum renders it, “as a garment of fire among wood:” and like a torch of fire in a sheaf ; of wheat, which presently destroys it; (see Obidiah 1:18): and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left ; on the south and on the north, as the Targum interprets it. The phrase denotes the utter destruction of the people on all sides: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, [even] in Jerusalem ; upon that very spot of ground which was formerly called Jerusalem shall the city be built again, and inhabited; and shall continue, notwithstanding the attempts of all the nations of the earth to destroy it; (see Jeremiah 30:18).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-8 - Here is a Divine prediction, which will be a heavy burden to all the enemies of the church. But it is for Israel; for their comfort an benefit. It is promised that God will make foolish the counsels, an weaken the courage of the enemies of the church. The exact meaning is not clear; but God often begins by calling the poor and despised; an in that day even the feeblest will resemble David, and be as eminent i courage and every thing good. Desirable indeed is it that the example and labours of Christians should render them as fire among wood, as torch in a sheaf, to kindle the flame of Divine love, to sprea religion on the right hand and on the left.
Original Hebrew ביום3117 ההוא1931 אשׂים7760 את853 אלפי441 יהודה3063 ככיור3595 אשׁ784 בעצים6086 וכלפיד3940 אשׁ784 בעמיר5995 ואכלו398 על5921 ימין3225 ועל5921 שׂמאול8040 את853 כל3605 העמים5971 סביב5439 וישׁבה3427 ירושׁלם3389 עוד5750 תחתיה8478 בירושׁלם׃3389
