Verse 9
"Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, they shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn again thy hand as a grape-gatherer into the baskets. To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is become unto them a reproach, they have no delight in it. Therefore I am full of the wrath of Jehovah; I am weary with holding in: pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the assembly of the young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days. And their houses shall be turned unto others, their fields, and their wives together; for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah. For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest everyone dealeth falsely."
"Glean the remnant of Israel... turn again ... as a grape-gatherer ..." (Jeremiah 6:9). "God here authorized the enemy to search out even the remnant of Israel and take them captive ... The enemy will not be satisfied with one invasion, but will repeat it."[10]
Not even this gleaning of Israel, however, could nullify God's promise of there remaining a "righteous remnant" who would return to Jerusalem from Babylon (Jeremiah 4:27; 5:10,18).
This is a terrible paragraph. The judgment of God will fall upon all segments of human life, from children playing in the streets to aged men, five different categories being cited.
Notice also that houses, fields, wives, etc. in fact, everything shall be stripped away and become booty for the invaders. What a horrible destruction of the people!
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