Isaiah 17:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

It will be like an olive tree beaten with a stick, leaving two or three olives or perhaps four or five on the highest or most fruitful branches. The LORD God of Israel has promised this.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:18

But seven thousand Israelites have refused to worship Baal, and they will live.

Isaiah 1:9

Zion would have disappeared like Sodom and Gomorrah, if the LORD All-Powerful had not let a few of its people survive.

Isaiah 24:13

Nations will be stripped bare, like olive trees or vineyards after the harvest season.

Isaiah 27:12

The time is coming when the LORD will shake the land between the River Euphrates and the border of Egypt, and one by one he will bring all his people together.

Jeremiah 4:27

The LORD said: I have made my decision, and I won't change my mind. This land will be destroyed, although not completely. The sky will turn dark, and the earth will mourn.

Ezekiel 39:29

Never again will I turn my back on the people of Israel, and my Spirit will live in them. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Obadiah 1:5

If thieves break in at night, they steal only what they want. And people who harvest grapes always leave some unpicked. But, Edom, you are doomed!

Micah 7:1

I feel so empty inside— like someone starving for grapes or figs, after the vines and trees have all been picked clean.

Romans 11:26

In this way all Israel will be saved, as the Scriptures say, “From Zion someone will come to rescue us. Then Jacob's descendants will stop being evil.

Romans 9:27

And this is what the prophet Isaiah said about the people of Israel, “The people of Israel are as many as the grains of sand along the beach. But only a few who are left will be saved.

Deuteronomy 4:27

Only a few of you will survive, and the LORD will force you to leave the land and will scatter you among the nations.

Judges 8:2

Gideon answered: Don't be upset! Even though you came later, you were able to do much more than I did. It's just like the grape harvest: the grapes your tribe doesn't even bother to pick are better than the best grapes my family can grow.