Treasury of Scripture Knowledge If grapegatherers had come to thee, would they not have left a bunch? if thieves in the night, they would have taken what was enough for them. grape-gatherers Isaiah 17:6 And the fruit thereof that shall be left upon it, shall be as one cluster of grapes, and as the shaking of the olive tree, two or three berries in the top of a bough, or four or five upon the top of the tree, saith the Lord the God of Israel. Obadiah 1:5,6 Though thou be exalted as an eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars: thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord. . . . Context The Judgment on Edom…8Flee and turn your backs, go down into the deep hole, ye inhabitants of Dedan: for I have brought the destruction of Esau upon him, the time of his visitation. 9If grapegatherers had come to thee, would they not have left a bunch? if thieves in the night, they would have taken what was enough for them.10But I have made Esau bare, I have revealed his secrets, and he cannot be hid: his seed is laid waste, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he shall not be.… Cross References Leviticus 19:9 When thou reapest the corn of thy land, thou shalt not cut down all that is on the face of the earth to the very ground: nor shalt thou gather the ears that remain. Jeremiah 6:9 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: They shall gather the remains of Israel, as in a vine, even to one cluster: turn back thy hand, as a grapegatherer into the basket. Obadiah 1:5 Though thou be exalted as an eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars: thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord. Lexicon Ifאִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not grape gatherers בֹּֽצְרִים֙ (bō·ṣə·rîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1219: To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose came to you, בָּ֣אוּ (bā·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go would they not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no leave יַשְׁאִ֖רוּ (yaš·’i·rū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7604: To swell up, be, redundant some gleanings? עֽוֹלֵל֑וֹת (‘ō·w·lê·lō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 5955: Gleanings, gleaning-time Were thieves גַּנָּבִ֥ים (gan·nā·ḇîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1590: A stealer to come in the night, בַּלַּ֖יְלָה (bal·lay·lāh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3915: A twist, night, adversity would they not steal הִשְׁחִ֥יתוּ (hiš·ḥî·ṯū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin only what they wanted? דַיָּֽם׃ (ḏay·yām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1767: Sufficiency, enough Additional Translations If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? Were thieves to come in the night, would they not steal only what they wanted?If grape gatherers come to you, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough. If grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, would they not destroy till they had enough? For grape-gatherers are come, who shall not leave thee a remnant; as thieves by night, they shall lay their hand upon thy possessions. If grape-gatherers had come to thee, would they not have left a gleaning? If thieves by night, they would destroy only till they had enough. If grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, would they not destroy till they had enough? If grape-gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough. If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, wouldn't they destroy until they had enough? If gatherers have come in to thee, They do not leave gleanings, If thieves in the night, They have destroyed their sufficiency! 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