Isaiah 17:5

New International Reader's Version

It will be as when workers cut and gather grain in the Valley of Rephaim. They gather up stalks in their arms. Only a few heads of grain are left.

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:18

The Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.

2 Samuel 5:22

Once more the Philistines came up. They spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.

Proverbs 27:25

The hay is removed, and new growth appears. The grass from the hills is gathered in.

Isaiah 17:11

The plants might start to grow on the day you set them out. The vines might begin to bud on the morning you plant them. But even if they do, there won’t be any harvest. Instead, there will be sickness and pain that won’t go away.

Jeremiah 51:33

The Lord who rules over all is the God of Israel. He says, “The city of Babylon is like a threshing floor when cattle are walking on it. The time to destroy it will soon come.”

Jeremiah 9:22

Say, “The Lord announces, “ ‘Dead bodies will be like human waste lying in the open fields. They will lie there like grain that is cut down at harvest time. No one will gather them up.’ ”

Hosea 6:11

“People of Judah, I have also appointed a time for you to be destroyed. “I would like to bless my people with great success again.

Joel 3:13

My soldiers, swing your blades. The nations are ripe for harvest. Come and stomp on them as if they were grapes. Crush them until the winepress of my anger is full. Do it until the wine spills over from the places where it is stored. The nations have committed far too many sins!”

Matthew 13:30

Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the workers what to do. Here is what I will say to them. First collect the weeds. Tie them in bundles to be burned. Then gather the wheat. Bring it into my storeroom.’ ”

Joshua 15:8

Then it ran up the Valley of Ben Hinnom. It went along the south slope of Jerusalem. From there it climbed to the top of the hill west of the Hinnom Valley. The hill is also at the north end of the Valley of Rephaim.

Joshua 18:16

It went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Ben Hinnom. The hill is north of the Valley of Rephaim. The border continued down the Hinnom Valley. It went along the south slope of Jerusalem, where the people of Jebus live. It continued on to En Rogel.