Isaiah 17:5 meaning and explanation
as the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.
Isaiah 17:5, Berean Standard Bible
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Isaiah 17:5 continues the LORD's word through the prophet Isaiah about the coming judgment on Damascus and, joined with it, on Ephraim, the northern kingdom of Israel. The verse uses harvest imagery: a reaper gathers standing grain and cuts the ears with his arm, and someone gleans leftover heads in the Valley of Rephaim, a fertile area near Jerusalem.
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