Isaiah 24:13

Isaiah 24:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.
• New International Version (NIV)So will it be on the earth and among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For thus it shall be in the midst of the earth among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, as at the gleaning when the grape harvest is done.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When it shall be thus in the midst of the land among the people, It shall be like the shaking of an olive tree, Like the gleaning of grapes when the vintage is done.

Context of Isaiah 24:13

11They shout in the streets because they have no wine. Nobody is happy any more, anywhere on the earth. 12The city has become a heap of stones. Its gates lie in pieces on the ground. This is what will happen among all the nations on the earth. Only a few people will remain, like a few olives that remain on a tree after the harvest. After people have picked the grapes off a vine, there are only a few that remain. 14Those people who are still alive sing aloud because they are happy. People who live in the west praise the Lord because he is great. 15So people who live in the east should praise the Lord too. People who live on the coast of the sea will also praise the name of the Lord, Israel's God.

Isaiah 24:13 word by word

כִּ֣י כֹ֥ה יִהְיֶ֛ה בְּקֶ֥רֶב הָאָ֖רֶץ בְּת֣וֹךְ הָֽעַמִּ֑ים כְּנֹ֣קֶף זַ֔יִת כְּעוֹלֵלֹ֖ת אִם־כָּלָ֥ה בָצִֽיר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• When thus it shall be in the midstקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• amongתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• as the shakingנֹ֫קֶףnôqeph · shakingH5363
• of an olive treeזַ֫יִתzayith · oliveH2132
• as the gleaning grapesעֹלֵלוֹת‛ôlêlâh · gleaningH5955
• when the vintageבָּצִירbâtsîyr · vintageH1210
• is doneכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: finishH3615

Cross-references for Isaiah 24:13

• Isaiah 1:9Unless the Lord Almighty had left some of us alive, we would have become like Sodom. We would have been completely destroyed, like Gomorrah.
• Isaiah 6:13Even if only one tenth part of the people remain in the land, enemies will continue to destroy it. It will be like they are cutting down a great oak tree. But the base of the tree with its roots will still be there. From the part that remains, a holy branch will grow.’
• Isaiah 10:20At that time, only a few people will remain in Israel. Only a few descendants of Jacob will still be alive. They will no longer expect to receive help from a foreign ruler who is cruel to them. Instead, they will trust the Lord, the Holy God of Israel, to help them.
• Isaiah 17:5Israel will be like a field of grain in Rephaim valley after the harvest. The workers have cut down the crops. They have picked up the grain from the ground.
• Jeremiah 44:28But a few of them will escape death and return to Judah from Egypt. They will be very few people. Then all the people of Judah who came to live in Egypt will know who speaks the truth. Do I speak the truth, or do they speak the truth? I do!”
• Ezekiel 6:8But I will allow some of you to live. Those people will escape when the enemy army attacks. They will run away to live in foreign countries.
• Ezekiel 7:16Those who remain alive will escape. They will run to the mountains. They will be like doves that hunters have chased out of the valleys. They will cry aloud because of their sins.
• Ezekiel 9:4He said, ‘Go everywhere in the city of Jerusalem. Find the people who are very sad because of the disgusting things that people are doing in the city. Use your pens to put a mark on those people. Put the mark on the front of their heads.’
• Ezekiel 11:16So say this: “This is what the Almighty Lord says. I removed my people from their own land and I sent them far away. I sent them to live among other nations and in other countries. But I am still near to them in the countries where they have gone.”
• Ezekiel 14:22But some people will still be alive. Some sons and daughters will come out from the city. They will come to you here in Babylon. You will see the way that those people have lived. You will see the things that they have done. Then you will not be upset that I have punished Jerusalem in all these ways.
• Micah 2:12‘You people of Israel, I promise to bring all of you together. I will bring back together all Israel's people who remain. I will put all of you together like sheep in a field with a wall round it. You will be like a field full of sheep. There will be a loud noise because there will be so many of you.
• Matthew 24:22God will cause those days of great trouble to be not so many. If he did not do that, there would be nobody still alive. But God will cause those days to come to an end. He will do that to help the people that he has chosen.
• Romans 11:2God chose who would be his people from the beginning. He has not turned against them now. Remember what the Bible tells us about Elijah. He wanted God to punish Israel's people. Elijah said:
• Revelation 3:4But you have a few people among you in Sardis who have not done these bad things. They are like people who have kept their clothes clean. They will walk with me and they will wear white clothes. They are good people and it is right for them to wear these white clothes.
• Revelation 11:2But do not measure the yard that is outside God's house. Do not measure it, because God has given that yard to Gentiles who do not believe in him. They will stamp all over God's own city for 42 months and they will destroy it.

Commentaries on Isaiah 24:13

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13In the midst of the land - That is, in the midst of the land of Canaan. There shall be as the shaking of an olive-tree - A few shall be left, as in gathering olives a few will remain on the highest and outermost boughs (see the notes at Isaiah 17:5-6).Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-15Verses 13-15 There shall be a remnant preserved from the general ruin, and it shall be a devout and pious remnant. These few are dispersed; like the gleanings of the olive tree, hid under the leaves. The Lord knows those that are his; the world does not. When the mirth of carnal worldlings ceases, the joy of the saints is as lively as ever, because the covenant of grace, the fountain of their comforts, and the foundation of their hopes, never fails. Those…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13like a harvested olive tree: The remnant will include godly people from both Israel (see Isaiah 27:6) and other nations. The theme of the remnant is common in Isaiah (see “The Remnant” Theme Note; see also Isaiah 10:22; 14:30; 16:14; 24:6; 37:32).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. the land--Judea. Put the comma after "land," not after "people." "There shall be among the people (a remnant left), as the shaking (the after-picking) of an olive tree"; as in gathering olives, a few remain on the highest boughs (Is 17:5, 6).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings