9. Thoroughly glean. In this figure the grapes are the Jews and the gleaners the invaders, the Babylonians. The captivity and destruction would be carried on repeatedly and thoroughly (see II, 95-98).
The remnant of Israel. The kingdom of Judah was all that was left of Israel in Jeremiah’s day. The ten tribes had been carried captive by the Assyrians (see Isa. 24:13; Jer. 49:9; Obadiah 5).
Turn back thine hand. Captives would be repeatedly carried off to Babylon (Jer. 52:28-30; 2 Kings 24:14; 25:11).
Baskets. salsilloth, a word of uncertain meaning, occurring only here in the . Some suggest it may mean “shoots,” “branches,” or “grapes.” However, the reads kartallos, “basket,” a reading supported by the Assyrian and by modern Hebrew.