Isaiah 17:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.

Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it - i:e., in the land of Israel.

Two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough. A few poor inhabitants shall be left in Israel, like the two or three olive berries left on the top-most boughs, which it is not worth while taking the trouble to try to reach.

Isaiah 17:6

6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.