New English Translation
Isaiah 24:13
13This is what will happen throughout the earth, among the nations. It will be like when they beat an olive tree, and just a few olives are left at the end of the harvest.
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 howl in the streets because of what happened to the wine; all joy turns to sorrow; celebrations disappear from the earth. 12The city is left in ruins; the gate is reduced to rubble. This is what will happen throughout the earth, among the nations. It will be like when they beat an olive tree, and just a few olives are left at the end of the harvest. 14They lift their voices and shout joyfully; they praise the majesty of the Lord in the west. 15So in the east extol the Lord, along the seacoasts extol the fame of the Lord God of Israel.
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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 who commands armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly become like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.
- Isaiah 6:13Even if only a tenth of the people remain in the land, it will again be destroyed, like one of the large sacred trees or an Asherah pole, when a sacred pillar on a high place is thrown down. That sacred pillar symbolizes the special chosen family.”
- Isaiah 10:20At that time those left in Israel, those who remain of the family of Jacob, will no longer rely on a foreign leader that abuses them. Instead they will truly rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 17:5It will be as when one gathers the grain harvest, and his hand gleans the ear of grain. It will be like one gathering the ears of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.
- Jeremiah 44:28Some who survive in battle will return to the land of Judah from the land of Egypt. But they will be very few indeed! Then the Judean remnant who have come to live in the land of Egypt will know whose word proves true, mine or theirs.’
- Ezekiel 6:8“‘But I will spare some of you. Some will escape the sword when you are scattered in foreign lands.
- Ezekiel 7:16Their survivors will escape to the mountains and become like doves of the valleys; all of them will moan – each one for his iniquity.
- Ezekiel 9:4The Lord said to him, “Go through the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the people who moan and groan over all the abominations practiced in it.”
- Ezekiel 11:16“Therefore say: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Although I have removed them far away among the nations and have dispersed them among the countries, I have been a little sanctuary for them among the lands where they have gone.’
- Ezekiel 14:22Yet some survivors will be left in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their behavior and their deeds, you will be consoled about the catastrophe I have brought on Jerusalem – for everything I brought on it.
- Micah 2:12I will certainly gather all of you, O Jacob, I will certainly assemble those Israelites who remain. I will bring them together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in the middle of a pasture; they will be so numerous that they will make a lot of noise.
- Matthew 24:22And if those days had not been cut short, no one 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 about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
- Revelation 3:4But you have a few individuals in Sardis who have not stained their clothes, and they will walk with me dressed in white, because they are worthy.
- Revelation 11:2But do not measure the outer courtyard of the temple; leave it out, because it has been given to the Gentiles, and they will trample on 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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