Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Gleaning » Figurative
So he said to them, “What have I done now compared to you? Is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
Verse Concepts
For I am like one who—
when the summer fruit has been gathered
after the gleaning of the grape harvest
finds no grape cluster to eat,
no early fig, which I crave.
as if an olive tree had been beaten—
two or three berries at the very top of the tree,
four or five on its fruitful branches.
This is the declaration of the Lord,
the God of Israel.
wouldn’t they leave some gleanings?
Were thieves to come in the night,
they would destroy only what they wanted.