Isaiah 17:6 - Exposition

Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it ; rather, yet gleanings shall be left in it . There is no mention of grapes, and it is clear that the "gleaning" intended is that of an olive-ground. As the shaking of an olive tree ; rather, as at the beating of an olive tree . The olive crop was obtained, not by shaking, but by beating the trees ( Deuteronomy 24:20 ). The owner was forbidden to "go over the boughs again," in order that a portion of the crop might be left for the stranger, the widow, and the fatherless to glean. In the top of the uppermost bough . Where the sticks of the beaters had not reached. Four or five in the outmost fruitful branches ; rather , four or fire apiece on its fruitful branches , This is the average that would be left, after beating, on a good-sized branch.