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For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the spreading branches will he take away [and] cut down.
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God's Perfect Timing
Commentators explain that the verse uses the metaphor of a vineyard just before harvest. God allows the plans of the wicked to develop to the very brink of success. Then, at the precise moment, He intervenes decisively, cutting them down. This demonstrates that His timing is not our own, and He acts when His judgment will have the greatest impact.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For before the harvest - This verse is evidently figurative, and the image is drawn from what began in the previous verse. There, God is rep…
19th Century
Anglican
I will take my rest ... —The words that follow paint with marvelous vividness the calmness and deliberation of the workings of Div…
16th Century
Protestant
For when the harvest shall be at hand. Literally, this means “in the presence of the harvest.” However, we must soften the harshness of th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For before the harvest Or vintage: the above metaphor is carried on; before the designs and schemes of the people above d…
God's care for his people, and the increase of the church.
This chapter is one of the most obscure in Scripture, though more of it was proba…
13th Century
Catholic
Woe to the land, the winged cymbal. Here he threatens the Egyptians.
First, he threatens their punishment by comparing it…
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