Isaiah 17:5

Isaiah 17:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.
• New International Version (NIV)It will be as when reapers harvest the standing grain, gathering the grain in their arms— as when someone gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)It shall be as when the harvester gathers the grain, And reaps the heads with his arm; It shall be as he who gathers heads of grain In the Valley of Rephaim.

Context of Isaiah 17:5

3Fortified cities will disappear from Ephraim, and the kingdom will disappear from Damascus. The remaining few from Aram will share Israel’s honor,” declares the Lord of Armies. 4“When that day comes, the honor of Jacob’s people will fade away, and they will become skin and bones. That time will be like harvesting bundles of grain by the armful. It will be like gathering grain in the Rephaim Valley. 6Only a few people will survive. They will be like an olive tree that has been beaten. Only two or three olives are left at the top of the highest branch, four or five olives on the rest of the branches,” declares the Lord God of Israel. 7When that day comes, they will look to their maker, and their eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 17:5 word by word

וְהָיָ֗ה כֶּֽאֱסֹף֙ קָצִ֣יר קָמָ֔ה וּזְרֹע֖וֹ שִׁבֳּלִ֣ים יִקְצ֑וֹר וְהָיָ֛ה כִּמְלַקֵּ֥ט שִׁבֳּלִ֖ים בְּעֵ֥מֶק רְפָאִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it shall be as when the harvestmanקָצִירqâtsîyr · harvestH7105
• gatherethאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• the cornקָמָהqâmâh · standing grainH7054
• and reapethקָצַרqâtsar · to reapH7114
• the earsשִׁבֹּ֫לֶתshibbôl shibbôleth · earH7641
• with his armזְרוֹעַzerôa‛ zerôa‛ zerô‛âh zerô‛âh · armH2220
• and it shall be as he that gatherethלָקַטlâqaţ · to gatherH3950
• in the valleyעֵ֫מֶק‛êmeq · Valley (of Rephaim)H6010
• of Rephaimרְפָאִיםrâphâ' râphâh · (Valley of) RephaimH7497

Cross-references for Isaiah 17:5

• Jeremiah 9:22This is what the Lord says: Dead bodies will fall like manure on the field. They will be like grain that has been cut but not gathered.
• Jeremiah 51:33This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: The people of Babylon are like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. Their harvest time will come soon.
• Hosea 6:11“Yet, Judah, I have set a harvest time for you when I bring my people back from captivity.
• Joel 3:13Cut them down like grain. The harvest is ripe. Stomp on them as you would stomp on grapes. The winepress is full. The vats overflow. The nations are very wicked.
• Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest. When the grain is cut, I will tell the workers to gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to be burned. But I’ll have them bring the wheat into my barn.’ ”
• Revelation 14:15Another angel came out of the temple. He cried out in a loud voice to the one who sat on the cloud, “Swing your sickle, and gather the harvest. The time has come to gather it, because the harvest on the earth is overripe.”
• Joshua 15:8It continues up the valley of Ben Hinnom to the south slope of the Jebusite city Jerusalem. It then goes to the top of the mountain that overlooks the valley of Hinnom to the west at the north end of the valley of Rephaim.
• Joshua 18:16Then the border descends to the foot of the mountain that overlooks the valley of Ben Hinnom, in the north end of the valley of Rephaim. It descends to the valley of Hinnom, to the south slope of the city of Jebus, and down to En Rogel.
• 2 Samuel 5:18The Philistines had come and overrun the valley of Rephaim.

Commentaries on Isaiah 17:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5As when the harvestman gathereth "As when one gathereth" - That is, the king of Assyria shall sweep away the whole body of the people, as the reaper strippeth off the whole crop of corn; and the remnant shall be no more in proportion than the scattered ears left to the gleaner. The valley of Rephaim near Jerusalem was celebrated for its plentiful harvest; it is here used poetically for any fruitful country. One MS., and one ancient edition, has באסף…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5And it shall be … - This is the other figure by which the prophet sets forth the calamities that were coming upon Ephraim - an image designed to denote the fact that the inhabitants and wealth of the land would be collected and removed, as the farmer gathers his harvest, and leaves only that which is inaccessible in the upper boughs of the tree, or the gleanings in the field. As when the harvest-man gathereth the corn - The wheat, the barley, etc.; for so…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5The Valley of Rephaim was a fertile area in Judah. However, it appeared barren after each harvest.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. harvestman, &c.--The inhabitants and wealth of Israel shall be swept away, and but few left behind just as the husbandman gathers the corn and the fruit, and leaves only a few gleaning ears and grapes (2Ki 18:9-11). with his arm--He collects the standing grain with one arm, so that he can cut it with the sickle in the other hand. Rephaim--a fertile plain at the southwest of Jerusalem toward Beth-lehem and the country of the Philistines (2Sa 5:18-22).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 17:5

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Rephaim

In the dictionaries

• Rebuke
• Ruinous
• Rushing
• Channel
• Evil
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah
• Rephaim, Vale of
• Giants
• Rephaim, the Valley of

Commentaries on Isaiah 17

• 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