Isaiah 17:6
“Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it,.... In Ephraim or Jacob; that is, in the ten tribes, a few of them should…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Yet gleaning-grapes ... - They shall not all be removed, or destroyed. A “few” shall be left, as a man who is gathering…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 17:6-8
Mercy is here reserved, in a parenthesis, in the midst of judgment, for a remnant that should escape the common ruin of…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Yet gleaning grapes … olive tree Render (cf. R.V.) And gleanings shall be left in it as at the beating of an olive tree.…
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