Obadiah 1:5 BSB — MannaFest

Obadiah 1:5

“If thieves came to you, if robbers by night—oh, how you will be ruined—would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?

BSB

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ASV

If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night (how art thou cut off!), would they not steal only till they had enough? if grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes?

KJV

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?

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Obadiah (420)

(Verse 4 onwards) If thieves entered your house, or robbers at night, how would you remain silent? Wouldn't they have stolen enough for themselves? If grape harvesters entered your vineyard, wouldn't they at least leave some grapes for you? How deeply they searched, how thoroughly they investigated his hidden places! Septuagint: If thieves entered your house, or robbers at night, where would you hide? Wouldn't they have stolen enough for themselves? And if grape harvesters came to you, would they not leave some grapes? How Esau has been searched, and his hidden things have been discovered?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

How art thou fallen, and how great is thy fall! How art thou stupefied! so the Chaldee words it. How senseless art thou under these desolating judgments, as if they were but common strokes!

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

If thieves came to thee - The prophet describes their future punishment, by contrast with that which, as a marauding people, they well knew. Thieves and robbers spoil only for their petty end. They take what comes to hand; what they can, they carry off shortness of time, difficulty of transport, necessity of providing for a retreat, limit their plunder. When they have gorged themselves, they depart. “Their” plunder is limited. The “grape-gatherer” leaves gleanings.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
גַּנָּבִ֤ים	ga.na.Vim	thieves	H1590 →
בָּאֽוּ־	ba.'u-	they came	H935 →
לְךָ֙	le.Kha	to you
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
שׁ֣וֹדְדֵי	Sho.dei	destroyers of	H7703 →
לַ֔יְלָה	Lay.lah	night	H3915 →
אֵ֣יךְ	'eikh	how!	H349 →
נִדְמֵ֔יתָה	nid.Mei.tah	you will be destroyed	H1820 →
הֲל֥וֹא	ha.Lo'	¿ not	H3808 →
יִגְנְב֖וּ	yig.ne.Vu	will they steal	H1589 →
דַּיָּ֑ם	dai.Yam	sufficiency their	H1767 →
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
בֹּֽצְרִים֙	bo.tze.Rim	grape gatherers	H1219 →
בָּ֣אוּ	Ba.'u	they came	H935 →
לָ֔ךְ	Lakh	to you
הֲל֖וֹא	ha.Lo'	¿ not	H3808 →
יַשְׁאִ֥ירוּ	yash.'I.ru	will they leave	H7604 →
עֹלֵלֽוֹת׃	o.le.Lot	gleanings	H5955 →

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Lamentations 1:1
How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.
leads to
- Isaiah 3:26
  And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
- Ezra 4:20
  And mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the Euphrates; and tribute, duty, and toll were paid to them.
- Revelation 18:16–17
  saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!
- 1 Kings 4:21
  And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of…
Through
2 Samuel 1:19
“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!
leads to
- 2 Samuel 1:27
  How the mighty have fallen and the weapons of war have perished!”
- 2 Samuel 1:25
  How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.
- Deuteronomy 4:7–8
  For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?
Through
Isaiah 17:6
Yet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that has been beaten—two or three berries atop the tree, four or five on its fruitful branches,” declares the LORD, the God of Israel.
leads to
- Isaiah 24:13
  So will it be on the earth and among the nations, like a harvested olive tree, like a gleaning after a grape harvest.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Obadiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Obadiah