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Isaiah 17:6 Cross-References
Explore 15 cross-references for Isaiah 17:6 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Isaiah chapter 17 verse 6 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.”
Isaiah 17:6 (KJV)
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Commentary on Isaiah 17:6
'Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof.' Despite thorough judgment, a remnant survives—like few grapes or olives left after careful harvesting. The Hebrew concept of the 'remnant' is crucial to prophetic theology. Not total annihilation but severe reduction with small faithful remnant preserved. The specificity ('two or three...four or five') emphasizes how few survive. This demonstrates God's mercy even in judgment—preserving a remnant through whom ...
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Cross-References for Isaiah 17:6
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“as the shaking of an olive tree”
“and you shall be left few in number among the nations”
“But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men”
“What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn't the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?”
“If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will be saved;,Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:,,,,,,,,”
“There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.,And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:,,,,,,,,”
“says the Lord Yahweh.”
“all the knees which have not bowed to Baal”
“mountains of Israel”