John Trapp on Isaiah 17:5

Ver. 5. And it ſhall be as when the harveſt man] Their utter captivity is ſet forth by three lively Similitudes, for better aſſurance, a very ſmall remnant only left in the Land. This by ſome Ancients is alledged to ſhew how few ſhall be ſaved: ſurely not one of ten thouſand, ſaid Simeon. And before him Chryſoſtom, How many think you, ſhall be ſaved in this City of Antioch? Hom. 4. ad Pop. Antioch. Though there be ſo many thouſands of you, yet there cannot be found an hundred that ſhall enter into Gods Kingdom: and I doubt much of thoſe too, &c.

In the valley of Rephaim] which was nigh to Jeruſalem, Jun. Joſh. 15.8. nam ſimili tudine populari propheta ulitur.