Isaiah 17: Judgment on Damascus and Ephraim

Isaiah foretells the ruin of Damascus and the fading of Israel's northern kingdom, though a small remnant will survive like a few olives left on a tree. Because the people forgot God their Savior their harvests fail, and the raging nations that attack God's people vanish in a single night.

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What picture in 17:6 shows that a few in Israel will still be left after judgment?

An olive tree beaten bare except for a few berriesA fig tree withered with one leaf still greenA flock scattered with one lamb still foundA cedar felled with only its stump remaining