English Standard Version
Isaiah 24:13
13For 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Throughout the earth the story is the same— only a remnant is left, like the stray olives left on the tree or the few grapes left on the vine after harvest.
Context of Isaiah 24:13
11There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine; all joy has grown dark; the gladness of the earth is banished. 12Desolation is left in the city; the gates are battered into ruins. 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. 14They lift up their voices, they sing for joy; over the majesty of the Lord they shout from the west. 15Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord; in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
Read all of Isaiah 24Isaiah 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 1:9If the Lord of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah.
- Isaiah 6:13And though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak, whose stump remains when it is felled." The holy seed is its stump.
- Isaiah 10:20In that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more lean on him who struck them, but will lean on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
- Isaiah 17:5And it shall be as when the reaper gathers standing grain and his arm harvests the ears, and as when one gleans the ears of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.
- Jeremiah 44:28And those who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, who came to the land of Egypt to live, shall know whose word will stand, mine or theirs.
- Ezekiel 6:8"Yet I will leave some of you alive. When you have among the nations some who escape the sword, and when you are scattered through the countries,
- Ezekiel 7:16And if any survivors escape, they will be on the mountains, like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each one over his iniquity.
- Ezekiel 9:4And the Lord said to him, "Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it."
- Ezekiel 11:16Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord God: Though I removed them far off among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet I have been a sanctuary to them for a while in the countries where they have gone.'
- Ezekiel 14:22But behold, some survivors will be left in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out; behold, when they come out to you, and you see their ways and their deeds, you will be consoled for the disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem, for all that I have brought upon it.
- Micah 2:12I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob; I will gather the remnant of Israel; I will set them together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in its pasture, a noisy multitude of men.
- Matthew 24:22And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
- Romans 11:2God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?
- Revelation 3:4Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.
- Revelation 11:2but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.
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
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