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A Time of Weakness for Israel

“At that time,[a] Jacob’s glory will have become weakened,
    and his strong[b] flesh will turn gaunt;
it will be as if harvesters gather standing grain,
    reaping the ears by hand,[c]
or it will be as if grain is harvested
    in the valley of Rephaim.[d]
Nevertheless, gleanings will remain in Israel,[e]
    as when an olive tree is beaten—[f]
two or three ripe olives left in the topmost branches,
    four or five left among the branches of a fruit-filled tree,”[g]
        declares the Lord God of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 17:4 Lit. On that day
  2. Isaiah 17:4 Lit. fat
  3. Isaiah 17:5 Lit. ears with his arm
  4. Isaiah 17:5 Lit. Giants
  5. Isaiah 17:6 Lit. it
  6. Isaiah 17:6 Or harvested
  7. Isaiah 17:6 So 1QIsaa; MT reads among its branches