In — The day of Jacob's trouble, of which he spake Isaiah 17:4. Uppermost branch — Which he that prunes the tree neglects, because he esteems it useless and inconsiderable. Left — Which they (the Canaanites) left or forsook because of (or for fear of) the children of Israel. And this was a fit example, to awaken the Israelites to a serious belief of this threatening, because God had inflicted the same judgment upon the Canaanites, for the same sins of which they were guilty.
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Isaiah 17:9
9 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.