Who says "Kumi va'Doshi Bas Tziyon"?
Rashi (12): Hashem says so to Keneses Yisrael. Malbim ? they should thresh them like a threshing calf.
What is the significance of making her horn iron?
Radak: It is to gore them (Malbim ? the multitudes of Gog) and make them fall.
What is the significance of making her feet copper?
Radak: It is to thresh them ? "va'Hadikos Amim Rabim". He will make them "ke'Afar Ladush" (Melachim II, 13:7).
What is the meaning of "va'Hadikos Amim Rabim"?
Malbim: It is to remove the shell, i.e. to eradicate the Resha'im until clean flour remains.
What is the meaning of "v'Hacharamti"?
Rashi: It is an expression of Hekdesh 1 . Radak ? this is like it says "v'Usaf Cheil Kol ha'Goyim; ? Yihyeh Al Metzilos ha'Sus Kodesh la'Shem" (Zecharyah 14:14, 20). Perhaps part of their wealth will be spoils for Yisrael, and part will be Kodesh la'Shem.
Malbim: What they stole from Yisrael will be Hekdesh, for "Kodesh Yisrael la'Shem" (Yirmeyah 2:3); their money is like money of Hekdesh.
What is "Bitz'am"?
Rashi: It is what they gathered via theft.
What is "Cheilam"?
Rashi: Their property (Malbim - what they truly owned, without stealing from Yisrael. Even though it is not Cherem, it will be to Hashem, for He is Master of the land; it is all His.)
