Lexicon :: Strong's H7114 - qāṣar

‘Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings (grain left after reaping) of your harvest.

‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the edges of your field, nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the poor and for the stranger. I am the LORD your God.’”

Then they set out from Mount Hor by the way of the [branch of the] Red Sea [called the Gulf of Aqabah], to go around the land of Edom; and the people became impatient, because [of the challenges] of the journey.

“[fn]When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf [of grain] in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the stranger, for the orphan, and for the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here and eat some bread and dip your bread in the vinegar.” So she sat beside the reapers; and he served her roasted grain, and she ate until she was satisfied and she had some left [for Naomi].

Now the men of Beth-shemesh were gathering their wheat harvest in the valley, and they looked up and saw the ark and rejoiced to see it.

When the child was grown, the day came that he went out to his father, to the reapers.

‘Then this shall be the sign [of these things] to you [Hezekiah]: this year you will eat what grows of itself, in the second year what springs up voluntarily, and in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.

“As I have seen, those who plow wickedness

And those who sow trouble and harm harvest it.

“As for me, is my complaint to man or about him?

And why should I not be impatient and my spirit troubled?

“They harvest their fodder in a field [that is not their own],

And glean the vineyard of the wicked.

You have shortened the days of his youth;

You have covered him with shame. Selah.

He has exhausted my strength [humbling me with sorrow] in the way;

He has shortened my days.

They who sow in tears shall reap with joyful singing.

With which the reaper does not fill his hand,

Nor the binder of sheaves his arms,

The [reverent] fear of the LORD [worshiping, obeying, serving, and trusting Him with awe-filled respect] prolongs one’s life,

But the years of the wicked will be shortened.

He who sows injustice will reap [a harvest of] trouble,

And the rod of his wrath [with which he oppresses others] will fail.

“And it will be like the reaper gathering the standing grain,

As his arm harvests the ears of grain;

Yes, it will be like one gleaning ears of grain

In the [fertile] Valley of Rephaim.

For the bed is too short to stretch out on,

And the blanket is too narrow to wrap around oneself [and likewise all their preparations are inadequate].

“This shall be the sign [of these things] to you [Hezekiah]: you are to eat this year [fn]what grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs from the same, and in the third year you are to sow and harvest, and plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

“Why, when I came, was there no man [to greet Me]?

When I called, why was there no one to answer?

Is My hand really so short that it cannot redeem [My servants]?

Or have I no power to rescue?

Listen carefully, with My rebuke I dry up the sea,

I make the rivers into a desert;

Their fish stink because there is no water

And die of thirst.

Behold, the LORD’S hand is not so short

That it cannot save,

Nor His ear so [fn]impaired

That it cannot hear.

Speak, “Thus says the LORD,

‘The dead bodies of men will fall like dung on the open field,

And like sheaves [of grain] behind the reaper,

And no one will gather them.’”

“They have planted wheat but have reaped thorns;

They have exhausted themselves but without profit.

So be ashamed of your harvest

Because of the fierce and raging anger of the LORD.”

For they sow the wind [in evil]

And they reap the whirlwind [in disaster].

The standing grain has no growth;

It yields no grain.

If it were to yield, strangers would swallow it up.

Sow with a view to righteousness [that righteousness, like seed, may germinate];

Reap in accordance with mercy and lovingkindness.

Break up your uncultivated ground,

For it is time to seek and search diligently for the LORD [and to long for His blessing]

Until He comes to rain righteousness and His gift of salvation on you.

“Behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD,

“When the plowman shall overtake the one who gathers the harvest,

And the one who treads the grapes [shall overtake] him who sows the seed [for the harvest continues until planting time];

When the mountains will drip sweet wine

And all the hills shall melt [that is, everything that was once barren will overflow with streams of blessing].

“Is it being said, O house of Jacob:

‘Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient?

Or are these [prophesied judgments] His doings?’

Do not My words do good

To the one walking uprightly?

“You shall sow but you shall not reap;

You shall tread olives, but shall not anoint yourself with oil,

And [you will extract juice from] the grapes, but you shall not drink the wine.