And these are the words that the Lord spake concerning
Israel,
and concerning Judah.
] Which follow in this chapter and the next; first concerning
Israel, the ten tribes; and then concerning the two tribes of
Judah and Benjamin, even concerning all Israel; whereas, if this
prophecy only respects the return from the captivity in Babylon,
there is very little in it which concerns the ten tribes, or but
a very few of them. The words may be rendered, "unto Israel, and
unto Judah"; as being the persons to whom they were directed, as
well as were the subjects of them.