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Obadiah 1:5

King James Version (KJV)

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Obadiah 1:5

Verse 5 of 21

Scripture focus

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?

Obadiah 1:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Obadiah 1:5

Theological / Devotional

Thieves. Heb. gannabim, from the root ganab, the verb used in the Decalogue command against stealing (Ex. 20:15).

Robbers. From the Heb. shadad, “to devastate,” “to despoil,” “to deal violently with,” hence “despoilers.” It is usually the case with thieves and plunderers that they take some things but spare others. To accentuate, however, the full destruction that will come to Edom, Obadiah in contrast shows that nothing will be spared.

Grapegatherers. The Israelites were forbidden by law to pluck a vineyard clean (Lev. 19:10; Deut. 24:21). No such beneficent provision would be in the mind of Edom’s despoilers.

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