But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
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Gill's Exposition
But they shall flee upon the shoulders of the Philistines towards the west,.... That is, Ephraim and Judah, who shall not only agree among themselves, but cheerfully join together against the common…
Barnes' Notes
But they shall fly - The design of this verse is, to show the rapid and certain spiritual conquests which would result from the conversion of the scattered Jewish people. The Jews understood this…
We have here a further prophecy of the enlargement and advancement of the kingdom of the Messiah, under the type and figure of the flourishing condition of the kingdom of Judah in the latter end of…
Cambridge Bible
they shall fly or swoop, as a bird of prey (Hab 1:8). The country of the Philistines is compared to a shoulderfalling down towards the sea (cf. Num 34:11; Jos 15:11; Jos 18:12).
them of the east lit.…
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