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Isa_17:11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: [but] the harvest [shall be] a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
Ver. 11. In the day thou shalt make thy plant to grow.] So Pro_22:8, he that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity; and the more serious and sedulous he is at it, the worse shall it be with him. {Gal_6:8}
But thy harvest shall be an heap.] This is a proverb among the Jews, to signify labour in vain.
In the day of grief and desperate sorrow.] Heb., Aegrae, sc., plagae; for grapes ye shall gather thorns, for figs, thistles.