Only a few of its people will be left, like stray olives left on a tree after the harvest. Only two or three remain in the highest branches, four or five scattered here and there on the limbs,” declares the Lord, the God of Israel.

其间所剩下的不多，好像人打橄榄树，在尽上的枝梢上只剩两三个果子；在多果树的旁枝上只剩四五个果子。这是耶和华以色列的神说的。

其间所剩不多，好像人打橄榄树，在最高的树梢上只剩两、三颗橄榄，在多结果子的旁枝上只剩四、五颗；这是耶和华—以色列的上帝说的。

其间所剩不多，好像人打橄榄树，在最高的树梢上只剩两、三颗橄榄，在多结果子的旁枝上只剩四、五颗；这是耶和华—以色列的神说的。

幸存者寥寥无几，就像打过的橄榄树上剩下的果子，或两三个挂在树梢，或四五个残存在枝头。”这是以色列的上帝耶和华说的。

虽然其中有少许遗下的穗子，却好像橄榄树被打过一样。在树顶上，只剩下两三个果子；在那本是多结果子的果树枝上，只留下四五个果子。”这是耶和华以色列的神说的。

总会有遗落的残留下来；当人打橄榄树时，在树稍头总会有两三个果子，在多结果实的枝头还会有四五个残留下来。”这是以色列的神耶和华的宣告。

其間所剩下的不多，好像人打橄欖樹－在儘上的枝梢上只剩兩三個果子；在多果樹的旁枝上只剩四五個果子。這是耶和華－以色列的神說的。

其間所剩不多，好像人打橄欖樹，在最高的樹梢上只剩兩、三顆橄欖，在多結果子的旁枝上只剩四、五顆；這是耶和華－以色列的上帝說的。

其間所剩不多，好像人打橄欖樹，在最高的樹梢上只剩兩、三顆橄欖，在多結果子的旁枝上只剩四、五顆；這是耶和華－以色列的神說的。

倖存者寥寥無幾，就像打過的橄欖樹上剩下的果子，或兩三個掛在樹梢，或四五個殘存在枝頭。」這是以色列的上帝耶和華說的。

雖然其中有少許遺下的穗子，卻好像橄欖樹被打過一樣。在樹頂上，只剩下兩三個果子；在那本是多結果子的果樹枝上，只留下四五個果子。”這是耶和華以色列的神說的。

好像橄欖樹被打了，樹上還有剩下的、可供摘取：在儘上頭的枝梢上兩三個；在那果樹的旁枝上四五個：這是永恆主以色列之上帝發神諭說的。

總會有遺落的殘留下來；當人打橄欖樹時，在樹梢上總會有兩三個果子，在多結果實的樹枝上還會有四五個殘留下來。」這是以色列的神耶和華的宣告。

然尚有遺餘、若搖橄欖、樹杪遺二三顆、茂樹之遠枝、遺四五枚、以色列之上帝耶和華言之矣、

尚有遺民、若收橄欖果時、高樹之巔、猶遺二三顆、繁枝之上、僅存四五枝、我以色列之上帝耶和華已言之矣。

遺民僅有數人、若收油果時、樹杪尚遺二三顆、茂枝之上僅剩四五枚、此乃主以色列之天主所言、

Yet some gleanings will remain, as when an olive tree is beaten, leaving two or three olives on the topmost branches, four or five on the fruitful boughs,” declares the Lord, the God of Israel.

In the same way, only a few people will be left alive. It will be as when workers knock olives off the trees. Only two or three olives are left on the highest branches. Four or five at most are left on the limbs that produce fruit,” announces the Lord, the God of Israel.

Gleanings will be left in it, as when an olive tree is beaten— two or three berries in the top of the highest bough, four or five on the branches of a fruit tree, declares the Lord God of Israel.

Only gleanings will be left in Israel, as if an olive tree had been beaten— two or three olives 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.

Yet gleanings will be left in it like the shaking of an olive tree, Two or three olives on the topmost branch, Four or five on the branches of a fruitful tree, Declares the Lord, the God of Israel.

Yet gleaning grapes will be left in it, Like the shaking of an olive tree, Two or three olives at the top of the uppermost bough, Four or five in its most fruitful branches,” Says the Lord God of Israel.

Yet there shall be left therein gleanings, as the shaking of an olive- tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost branches of a fruitful tree, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel.

Only gleanings will be left in Israel, 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.

Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two[ or] three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four[ or] five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.

There will be some left behind, like when an olive tree is beaten– two or three ripe olives remain toward the very top, four or five on its fruitful branches,” says the LORD God of Israel.

Yet gleanings will be left there, like the shaking of an olive tree, two or three olives in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outermost branches of a fruitful tree,” says Yahweh, the God of Israel.

Throughout the earth the story is the same— only a remnant is left, like the stray olives left on the tree or the few grapes left on the vine after harvest.

For the Lord will scatter you among the nations, where only a few of you will survive.

“ If thieves came at night and robbed you( what a disaster awaits you!), they would not take everything. Those who harvest grapes always leave a few for the poor. But your enemies will wipe you out completely!

And concerning Israel, Isaiah the prophet cried out,“ Though the people of Israel are as numerous as the sand of the seashore, only a remnant will be saved.

And do you remember God’s reply? He said,“ No, I have 7,000 others who have never bowed down to Baal!”It is the same today, for a few of the people of Israel have remained faithful because of God’s grace— his undeserved kindness in choosing them.And since it is through God’s kindness, then it is not by their good works. For in that case, God’s grace would not be what it really is— free and undeserved.

But Gideon replied,“ What have I accomplished compared to you? Aren’t even the leftover grapes of Ephraim’s harvest better than the entire crop of my little clan of Abiezer?

But though the people of Israel are as numerous as the sand of the seashore, only a remnant of them will return. The Lord has rightly decided to destroy his people.

If the Lord of Heaven’s Armies had not spared a few of us, we would have been wiped out like Sodom, destroyed like Gomorrah.

“ But the mountains of Israel will produce heavy crops of fruit for my people— for they will be coming home again soon!See, I care about you, and I will pay attention to you. Your ground will be plowed and your crops planted.I will greatly increase the population of Israel, and the ruined cities will be rebuilt and filled with people.I will increase not only the people, but also your animals. O mountains of Israel, I will bring people to live on you once again. I will make you even more prosperous than you were before. Then you will know that I am the Lord.I will cause my people to walk on you once again, and you will be their territory. You will never again rob them of their children.“ This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The other nations taunt you, saying,‘ Israel is a land that devours its own people and robs them of their children!’But you will never again devour your people or rob them of their children, says the Sovereign Lord.I will not let you hear those other nations insult you, and you will no longer be mocked by them. You will not be a land that causes its nation to fall, says the Sovereign Lord.”

Yet the time will come when the Lord will gather them together like handpicked grain. One by one he will gather them— from the Euphrates River in the east to the Brook of Egypt in the west.

say to them,‘ This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will take Ephraim and the northern tribes and join them to Judah. I will make them one piece of wood in my hand.’“ Then hold out the pieces of wood you have inscribed, so the people can see them.And give them this message from the Sovereign Lord: I will gather the people of Israel from among the nations. I will bring them home to their own land from the places where they have been scattered.I will unify them into one nation on the mountains of Israel. One king will rule them all; no longer will they be divided into two nations or into two kingdoms.They will never again pollute themselves with their idols and vile images and rebellion, for I will save them from their sinful apostasy. I will cleanse them. Then they will truly be my people, and I will be their God.“ My servant David will be their king, and they will have only one shepherd. They will obey my regulations and be careful to keep my decrees.They will live in the land I gave my servant Jacob, the land where their ancestors lived. They and their children and their grandchildren after them will live there forever, generation after generation. And my servant David will be their prince forever.

And I will never again turn my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit upon the people of Israel. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”

And so all Israel will be saved. As the Scriptures say,“ The one who rescues will come from Jerusalem, and he will turn Israel away from ungodliness.

Yet I will preserve 7,000 others in Israel who have never bowed down to Baal or kissed him!”

How miserable I am! I feel like the fruit picker after the harvest who can find nothing to eat. Not a cluster of grapes or a single early fig can be found to satisfy my hunger.