Isaiah 17:6 meaning and explanation
Yet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that has been beaten— two or three berries atop the tree, four or five on its fruitful branches,” declares the LORD, the God of Israel.
Isaiah 17:6, Berean Standard Bible
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Isaiah has just announced judgment on Damascus and on Ephraim, the northern kingdom of Israel, and verse 6 pictures the aftermath as an olive harvest. When pickers beat a tree, a few berries stay on the topmost branches and outer limbs.
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