And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim—the comparison of Israel's judgment to the harvest, with the reaping suggesting both the gathering of the remnant and the removal of the many. The specific valley reference may suggest a historical site of gathering. This verse uses agricultural metaphor to describe the sorting of survivors from the destroyed.

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