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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, o...
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CHAPTER 17
The Burden of Damascus and Judgment upon Ephraim
1. _Damascus to be a ruinous heap (Isaiah 17:1)_ 2. _Judgment upon
Ephraim (Isaiah 17:4)_ 3. _Woe to the enemies of Israel (Isaiah 17:12)
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ORACLE ON DAMASCUS AND ISRAEL. In spite of the title this prophecy
deals much more with Ephraim than Damascus, which is not mentioned
after Isaiah 17:3. The close connexion of the two suggests that th...
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THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 32:27. Compare
Joshua 9:18; Joshua 9:19; Joshua 10:40;...
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_Yet gleaning grapes … olive tree_ Render (cf. R.V.) AND GLEANINGS
SHALL BE LEFT IN IT AS AT THE BEATING OF AN OLIVE TREE. The olives
were struck down from the higher branches with a stick (ch. Isaiah...
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The fate of Ephraim, in three figures: wasting disease; the reaping of
corn; the gathering of olives....
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AND IN THAT DAY, &C.— The Ephraimites and Syrians, guilty of the
same fault, were to suffer the same punishment; wherefore, in the
former period, wherein the prophet foretold the fate of Damascus, he...
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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
2.
DAMASCUS
a. COALITION
TEXT: Isaiah 17:1-6
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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...
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JUDGMENT ON SYEIA AND ISRAEL
This section is headed,' oracle concerning Damascus,' but its subject
is in fact wider; it treats of the impending ruin not only of Syria,
but also of Ephraim, i.e. the ki...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 17
GOD WILL PUNISH DAMASCUS AND ISRAEL
V1 God gave Isaiah this spec...
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The word ‘harvest’ refers to the happiest time in the year. People
feel great satisfaction because food is plentiful. But attention here
is on the bare fields immediately after harvest. The crops and...
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וְ נִשְׁאַר ־בֹּ֤ו עֹֽולֵלֹת֙ כְּ
נֹ֣קֶף זַ֔י
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In this section (17-18), we have a prophecy dealing with Damascus and
an interlude containing a soliloquy of the prophet. The burden of
Damascus Isaiah 17:1) announces its doom. It is evident, however...
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Yet gleaning grapes shall (i) 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 of it, saith the...
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I follow the same order as our Bibles, in including these verses, as
they are there done, in parentheses; for it seems to me to be so
designed, as if to call upon the Reader to observe how the Lord, i...
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6._Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it. _This metaphor has a
different meaning from the former; for as if the name of the nation
were to be entirely blotted out, he had expressly foretold that
not...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 15, 16, 17, AND 18.
In Chapter s 15 and 16 Moab is judged. They are warned that the throne
of David shall be established, and the oppressor consumed out of th...
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YET GLEANING GRAPES SHALL BE LEFT IN IT,.... In Ephraim or Jacob; that
is, in the ten tribes, a few of them should escape, a remnant should
be saved; comparable, for the smallness of their number, to...
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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 L...
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_The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim_ The meaning may be, that
Damascus being destroyed, that fortress or protection, in which the
Ephraimites had placed their confidence, should be taken; or,...
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Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it; in the land of Israel, 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
T...
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DAMASCUS AND EPHRAIM THREATENED...
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1-11 Sin desolates cities. It is strange that great conquerors should
take pride in being enemies to mankind; but it is better that flocks
should lie down there, than that they should harbour any in...
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Some few Israelites were left after their captivity, who joined
themselves to the kingdom of Judah, and were carried captive to
Babylon with them, from whence also they returned with them, as we
find...
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Isaiah 17:6 grapes H5955 left H7604 (H8738) shaking H5363 tree H2132
Two H8147 three H7969 olives H1620 top...
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THE FUTURE THAT ISRAEL CAN LOOK FORWARD TO (ISAIAH 17:4).
Israel's future is bleak, but it will make them set their eyes on
their Maker, the Holy One of Israel.
Analysis of Isaiah 17:4.
a And it wil...
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CONTENTS: The burden of Damascus, foretelling destruction of cities of
Syria and Israel.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The God of our salvation is the rock of our strength. It
is our forgetfulness of...
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Isaiah 17:1. _A ruinous heap._ Tiglath-pileser destroyed it in the
support of Ahaz, and carried away the inhabitants. 2 Kings 16:8. Yet
it was afterwards rebuilt.
Isaiah 17:2. _The cities of Aroer are...
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_Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it_
AUTUMN: THE DIMINUTIONS OF LIFE
The prophet is here predicting a season of national calamity.
He represents the condition of the people under the figure of...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 17:1 The fourth oracle concerns the alliance
between Damascus and Israel in Isaiah’s time (see Isaiah 7:1; Is
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 17:4 The three uses of IN THAT DAY unites
these verses. Israel will be brought LOW (vv. Isaiah 17:4), a remnant
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DIMINUTIONS AND CHANGES OF LIFE
Isaiah 17:5. _And it shall be as when the harvestman, &c._
God’s visitations of judgment are the subject of the prophet’s
burdens (Isaiah 17:1). So the text. Adversit...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 17:1
THE BURDEN OF DAMASCUS. The eye of the prophet travels northwards from
Moab, and, passing over Ammon as an enemy of small account, rests once
more upon Damascus, already threat...
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Now he turns his prophecy against Damascus, which, of course, was the
capital of Syria. Now Syria and the Northern Kingdom of Israel had
confederated together to stand against Assyria. As Assyria beca...
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1 Kings 19:18; Deuteronomy 4:27; Ezekiel 36:8; Ezekiel 37:19;...
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Yet — Some few Israelites were left after their captivity, who
joined themselves to Judah, and were carried captive to Babylon with
them, from whence also they returned with them....