Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 17:6

"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." — Isaiah 17:6 (ASV)

Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it. —The idea of the “remnant” is still in the prophet’s thoughts, even in the case of the northern kingdom. First the vineyard, then the olive-yard, supplies a similitude. The “shaking” followed the “beating” of Deuteronomy 24:20 , but even after that a few berries might be seen on the topmost bough.