Isaiah 11:13
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 (II Samuel 2:8, etc.; II Samuel 19:41; II Samuel 20:2; II Samuel 3:10); and even before David's time (I Samuel 11:8; I Samuel 15:4), they had appropriated to themselves the national name Israel. It ended in disruption (I Kings 11:26, etc.; 1Ki. 12:1-33; compare II 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).
