Obadiah 1:5

If ganavim (thieves) came to thee, if shodedei lailah (robbers by night) — 1 oh how art thou cut off! 1 — would they not have stolen only till they had enough? 1 If the grape gatherers came to thee, 1 would they not leave some grapes? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?

In Context

4Though thou exalt thyself to soar as the nesher, 1 and though thou set thy nest among the kokhavim (stars), 1 thence will I bring thee down, 1 saith Hashem. 1

6How is Esav searched out! 1 How are his hidden treasures pillaged! 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 24:21When thou gatherest the grapes of thy kerem, thou shalt not glean it afterward; it shall be for the ger, for the yatom, and for the almanah.

Isaiah 14:12How art thou fallen from Shomayim, 1 O Heilel Ben Shachar (Bright One of the Dawn, Day Star, Lucifer)! 1 How art thou cast down to the earth, 1 thou, which hast laid low the Goyim! 1

Isaiah 24:13When thus it shall be in the midst of HaAretz 1 among the nations, there shall be as the shaking of a zayit (olive tree), 1 and as the olelot (gleanings) when the grape harvest is done. 1

Jeremiah 49:9If 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

Lamentations 1:1How doth HaIr (the city, Yerushalayim) sit solitary, 1 that was full of people! 1 How is she become like an almanah (widow)! 1 She that was great among the Goyim, 1 and sarah (princess) among the provinces, 1 how is she become a forced laborer! 1

Zephaniah 2:15This is HaIr HaAlizah (the rejoicing city) that dwelt carelessly, 1 that said in her lev: 1 I am, and there is none beside me; 1 how is she become a desolation, 1 a place for beasts to lie down in! 1 Every one that passeth by her 1 shall hiss, and shake his fist.

Matthew Henry on Obadiah 1:2-10

The Doom of Edom. ( b. c. 587.) 1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord God concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the Lord , and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. 2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. 3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? 4 Though thou exalt… Read the whole commentary →

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