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 fruit are not still there. Hardly anything remains.
Verse Isaiah 17:5. _AS WHEN THE HARVESTMAN GATHERETH _- "As when one gathereth"] That is, the king of Assyria shall sweep away the whole body of the people, as the reaper strippeth off the whole crop...
AND IT SHALL BE ... - This is the other figure by which the prophet sets forth the calamities that were coming upon Ephraim - an image designed to denote the fact that the inhabitants and wealth of th...
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) _...
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...
IT: i.e. Jacob's glory (Isaiah 17:4). IT: i.e. Jacob's fatness (Isaiah 17:4). REPHAIM. South-west of Jerusalem. So called after one "Kapha",. mighty one among the descendants of the _Nephilim,_ as A...
The fate of Ephraim, in three figures: wasting disease; the reaping of corn; the gathering of olives....
The succeeding pictures are exceedingly graphic, an evidence of Isaiah's intense interest in rural life. The reaper gathers the stalks of wheat with one hand and with the other cuts off the ears close...
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...
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN 2. DAMASCUS a. COALITION TEXT: Isaiah 17:1-6 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...
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. IT SHALL BE AS WHEN THE HARVESTMAN...
17:5 reaper (c-8) Lit. 'harvest.'...
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...
AS HE THAT GATHERETH] RV 'as when one gleaneth.' VALLEY OF REPHAIM] SW. of Jerusalem (Joshua 15:8)....
וְ הָיָ֗ה כֶּֽ אֱסֹף֙ קָצִ֣יר קָמָ֔ה וּ
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...
And it shall be as when the reaper gathereth (g) the grain, and reapeth the heads with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth heads in the valley of (h) Rephaim. (g) As the abundance of corn d...
_Raphaim. Near Jerusalem, 3 Kings xxiii. 13. Septuagint, "of stones." (Calmet) --- It will be equally difficult to find any men left in the kingdom of Israel. (Haydock)_...
There was a time, even in the days of Solomon, when the nation of Israel was great and flourishing; but now, how is the fine gold become dim! Reader, look at this scripture in a spiritual sense, and o...
5._And it shall be as when the harvest-man gathereth the corn. _He shews by a comparison how great will be the desolation. “As the reapers,” he says, “gather the corn in armfuls, so this multitude, th...
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...
AND IT SHALL BE AS WHEN THE HARVESTMAN GATHERETH THE CORN,.... The "standing" corn, as in the Hebrew text: "and reapeth the ears with his arm"; or "his arm reaps the ears" o; that is, with one hand he...
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. Ver. 5. _And it shall be as when the...
_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,...
And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn and reapeth the ears with his arm, literally, "and his arm reapeth the ears"; AND IT SHALL BE AS HE THAT GATHERETH EARS IN THE VALLEY OF REPHA...
DAMASCUS AND EPHRAIM THREATENED...
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...
REAPETH THE EARS WITH HIS ARM; taking care, as far as may be, that all may be gathered in, and nothing left. So shall the whole body of the ten tribes be carried away captive, some few gleanings only...
Isaiah 17:5 harvester H7105 gathers H622 (H8800) grain H7054 reaps H7114 (H8799) heads H7641 arm H2220 gathers...
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...
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...
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...
_The burden of Damascus. .. The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim_ THE ORACLE CONCERNING DAMASCUS AND ISRAEL The curse pronounced upon it [Damascene-Syria] falls also upon the kingdom of Israel...
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
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
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...
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...
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...
2 Samuel 5:18; 2 Samuel 5:22; Hosea 6:11; Jeremiah 51:33; Jeremiah 9:
Gathereth — Taking care, as far as may be, that all may be gathered in, and nothing left. So shall the whole body of the ten tribes be carried away captive, some few gleanings only being left. Rephaim...