Jeremiah 49:9

If grape gatherers come to thee, 1 would they not leave some grape gleanings? 1 If ganavim balailah (thieves by night), 1 they will destroy only till they have enough. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.

In Context

8Flee ye, turn back, dwell in the depths, 1 O inhabitants of Dedan; 1 for I will bring the calamity of Esav upon him, 1 the time that I will visit [to punish] him. 1

10But I have stripped Esav bare, 1 I have uncovered his hiding places, 1 and he shall not be able to hide himself; 1 his zera are plundered, 1 and his brethren and his shchenim (neighbors), 1 and he is no more. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 17:6Yet a remnant of gleanings shall be left in it, 1 as the beating of a zayit (olive tree), 1 two or three olives in the rosh of the uppermost olive branch, 1 four or five in the poriyyah (fruitful) olive branches thereof, 1 saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 49:8-23

The Judgment of Edom. ( b. c. 595.) 7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished? 8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him. 9 If grape-gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough. 10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret… Read the whole commentary →

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