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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 17:5

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 — A very fruitful place near Jerusalem.

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See also Isaiah 17:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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) _...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The fate of Ephraim, in three figures: wasting disease; the reaping of corn; the gathering of olives....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    17:5 reaper (c-8) Lit. 'harvest.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הָיָ֗ה כֶּֽ אֱסֹף֙ קָצִ֣יר קָמָ֔ה וּ

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    DAMASCUS AND EPHRAIM THREATENED...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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