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Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn again your hand as a grape-gatherer into the baskets.
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A Meticulous Gleaning
Commentators explain that the image is not of a normal harvest, but a 'gleaning.' After the main judgment on Israel (the 10 tribes), God commands the enemy to return and meticulously pick clean the 'remnant' of Judah, like a grape-gatherer going back over the vine to ensure not a single grape is left. This illustrates the inescapable and complete nature of the coming destruction.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They ... - Each word indicates the completeness of Judah’s ruin.
Turn back your hand - Addressed perhaps to Nebuchadnezzar …
19th Century
Anglican
Turn back thine hand. —The image of the grape-gatherer carrying on his work to the last grape or tendril was a natural parable of …
16th Century
Protestant
God here confirms the former statement, as if he had said that he dreaded a sight so sad and mournful, which the Jews nonetheless disregarded. He t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Thus says the Lord of hosts. Finding that all his threatenings, admonitions, and expostulations, were in vain, he says of…
When the Lord arises to take vengeance, no sinners of any age or rank, or of either sex escape. Their hearts were set on the world, and they were w…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet shows the coming destruction, concerning which he makes three points.
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