the children of Judah] To wit, after the captivitie of Babylon when the Jews were restored: but chiefly this is referred to the time of the Messiah, who should be acknowledged and accepted for the head of his Church, by Judah and Israel joyned, and Gentiles united to the Church, Romans 11:12,15,25. 2 Corinthians 3:16. See Isaiah 11:13. Jeremiah 3:18. Ezekiel 37:16. 22. shall come up out of the land] Upon Cyrus his grant, the Jews shall appoint them Zorobabel, and returne from Chaldea into Judea, and many Israelites in banishment shall separate themselves from the world, and go up (in expectation of the heavenly kingdome) to build Jerusalem: and so go on in the way to the kingdome of heaven. day of Jezreel] The calamitie and destruction of Jezreel shal be so great, that to restore them shall be as a miracle. Others, that time will be admirable, by reason of the gathering together of the Israelites, which before seemed rather to be Jezreel (that is, a people dispersed by God) then an Israel.