Isaiah 17:5

2 Samuel 5:18; 2 Samuel 5:22; Hosea 6:11; Jeremiah 51:33; Jeremiah 9:22; Joel 3:13; Joshua 15:8; Joshua 18:16; Matthew 13:30; Matthew 13:39-42; Revelation 14:15-20

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 17:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 t...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 val...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 "Kaph...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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,”...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
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 perio...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 va...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judgment on Syeia and Israel This section is headed,' oracle concerning Damascus,' but its subject is in fact wider; it treats of the impending ru...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

As he that gathereth] RV 'as when one gleaneth.' Valley of Rephaim ] SW. of Jerusalem ( Joshua 15:8 ).
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 Isa...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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,...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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...
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...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Doom of Syria and Israel. B. C. 712. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy 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 tri...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Future That Israel Can Look Forward To ( Isaiah 17:4-11 ). Israel's future is bleak, but it will make them set their eyes on their Maker, the...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

DIMINUTIONS AND CHANGES OF LIFE Isaiah 17:5-7 . And it shall be as when the harvestman, &c. God’s visitations of judgment are the subject of...
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 af...
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 [D...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 17:1-23 THE BURDEN OF DAMASCUS . The eye of the prophet travels northwards from Moab, and, passing over Ammon as a...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Damascus and Ephraim Threatened
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

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.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 17:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 17:5