Isaiah 17:5

And it shall be as when the katzir (reaper, harvester) gathereth the standing grain, 1 and reapeth the heads of grain with his zero'a; 1 and it shall be as when one gleans heads of grain 1 in the Emek Repha'im. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.

In Context

4And in that day it shall come to pass, 1 that the kavod Ya'akov shall fade, 1 and the fatness of his basar shall waste away. 1

6Yet a remnant of gleanings shall be left in it, 1 as the beating of a zayit (olive tree), 1 two or three olives in the rosh of the uppermost olive branch, 1 four or five in the poriyyah (fruitful) olive branches thereof, 1 saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel.

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Cross References

Joshua 18:16And the boundary came down to the foot of the har that lieth before the Ben Hinnom Valley, and which is in the Emek Repha'im on the north, and descended to the Hinnom Valley, to the south of the Yevusi, and descended to Ein-Rogel,

2 Samuel 5:22And the Pelishtim came up yet again, and spread themselves out in the Emek Repha'im.

Jeremiah 9:22Thus saith Hashem, Let not the chacham (wise man) glory in his chochmah, neither let the gibbor (mighty man) glory in his gevurah (might), let not the oisher (rich man) glory in his riches;

Hosea 6:11Also, O Yehudah, he hath set a katzir (harvest) [of punishment] for thee, 1 When I turn the Shevut Ami (Captivity of My people), + 6:11 i.e., restore their fortunes

Matthew 13:30Permit both to grow together until the Katzir (harvest); and in time of the Katzir, I will say to the kotzerim, Collect first the weeds, and bind them into bundles to burn them. But the wheat gather into my storehouse.

Revelation 14:15And another malach (angel) came out of the Beis Hamikdash, crying with a kol gadol (loud voice) to the one sitting on the anan, “Put forth your MAGGAL (sickle) + 14:15 Yoel 4:13 and reap, because the hour to reap has come, because the Katzir Ha'Aretz (Harvest of the Earth) is ripe!” + 14:15 Jer 51:33

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 17:2-6

The Doom of Syria and Israel. ( b. c. 712.) 1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. 2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. 3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the Lord of hosts. 4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob… Read the whole commentary →

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