That the glory of Jacob will1 wane,
And athe fatness of his flesh grow lean.
And reaps the heads with his arm;
It shall be as he who gathers heads of grain
In the Valley of Rephaim.
Like the shaking of an olive tree,
Two or three olives at the top of the uppermost bough,
Four or five in its most fruitful branches,”
Says the Lord God of Israel.
And his eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.
The work of his hands;
He will not respect what his afingers have made,
Nor the1 wooden images nor the incense altars.
| << Isaiah 17:5 | Isaiah 17:7 >> |
Isaiah 17:6
Yet gleaning-grapes ... - They shall not all be removed, or destroyed. A "few" shall be left, as a man who is gathering grapes or olives will leave a few that are inaccessible on the topmost boughs, or the furthest branches. Those would be usually the poorest, and so it may be implied that those left in Israel would be among the poorer inhabitants of the land.
Two or three - A very few - such as would be left in gathering grapes, or in endeavoring to shake olives from a tree.
Four or five - A very few that would remain on the furthest branches, and that could not be shaken off or reached.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Isaiah 17:6:
Psalms 46:4
Isaiah 7:1
Isaiah 10:9
Isaiah 17:4
Isaiah 17:9
Isaiah 18:2
Isaiah 24:13
Joel 3:13
Obadiah 1:5
Micah 7:1
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