Isaiah 17:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

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 being left of them, as it is in the harvest. The valley of Rephaim; a very fruitful place near Jerusalem, Joshua 15:8, Joshua 18:16.

Isaiah 17:5

5 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.