Isaiah 17:4-6 A Time of Weakness for Israel“At that time, Jacob’s glory will have become weakened, and his strong flesh will turn gaunt;

ISV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ A Time of Weakness for Israel“At that time, Jacob’s glory will have become weakened, and his strong flesh will turn gaunt; ⁵ it will be as if harvesters gather standing grain, reaping the ears by hand, or it will be as if grain is harvested in the valley of Rephaim. ⁶ Nevertheless, gleanings will remain in Israel, as when an olive tree is beaten— two or three ripe olives left in the topmost branches, four or five left among the branches of a fruit-filled tree,” declares the LORD God of Israel.