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Yet there shall be left therein gleanings, as the shaking of an olive-tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost branches of a fruitful tree, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Yet gleaning-grapes ...They shall not all be removed or destroyed. A “few” shall be left, as a man who is gathering grapes or oliv…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it. —The idea of the “remnant” is still in the prophet’s thoughts, even in the case …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it. This metaphor has a different meaning from the former; for, as if the name of the nation were to …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it
In Ephraim or Jacob; that is, in the ten tribes, a few of them should escape…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Sin desolates cities. It is strange that great conquerors should take pride in being enemies to mankind; but it is better that flocks should lie do…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century
  1. The burden of Damascus. Here he begins to threaten those who created an occasion of sin for the people of God, because by trusti…

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