Isaiah 17:5

It will be as when a harvester gathers the standing grain, and his arm reaps the heads of grain. 1 It will be as when one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim. 1

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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

4It will come about on that day 1 that the glory of Jacob will become thin, and the fatness of his flesh will become lean. 1

6Gleanings will be left, however, as when the olive tree is shaken: 1 two or three olives in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the highest branches of a fruitful tree—this is the declaration of Yahweh, the God of Israel. 1

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Cross References

Joshua 18:16The boundary then went down to the border of the mountain which was opposite the Valley of Ben Hinnom, which was at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim. It then went down to the Valley of Hinnom, south of the slope of the Jebusites, and continued down to En Rogel.

2 Samuel 5:22Then the Philistines came up again and spread out once more in the Valley of Rephaim.

Jeremiah 9:22Declare this, 'This is Yahweh's declaration—the corpses of men will fall like dung in the fields, 1 and like grain stalks after the reapers, and there will be no one to gather them.'” 1

Hosea 6:11For you also, Judah, a harvest has been appointed, 1 when I will restore the fortunes of my people.

Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest. At the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “First pull out the weeds and tie them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.”'”

Revelation 14:15Then another angel came out of the temple and called with a loud voice to the one sitting on the cloud: “Take your sickle and start to reap. For the time to reap has come, since the harvest of the earth is ripe.”

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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