Jeremiah 49:9

Jeremiah 49:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.
• New International Version (NIV)If grape pickers came to you, would they not leave a few grapes? If thieves came during the night, would they not steal only as much as they wanted?
• English Standard Version (ESV)If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings? If thieves came by night, would they not destroy only enough for themselves?
• New King James Version (NKJV)If grape-gatherers came to you, Would they not leave some gleaning grapes? If thieves by night, Would they not destroy until they have enough?

Context of Jeremiah 49:9

7The Lord Almighty gave this message about Edom: ‘It seems that wisdom has disappeared from Teman. Edom's clever men have no good advice. Their great ideas have gone away. 8You people who live in Dedan, run away and escape! Go and find somewhere safe to hide! The time has come for me to punish Esau's descendants. I will cause them to have terrible trouble. If people came to pick your grapes, they would leave a few grapes on the vines. If robbers came at night to take your things, they would only take the things that they needed. 10But I will take everything from Esau's descendants, so that they have nothing. I will open their secret places, so that they have nowhere to hide. The enemy will destroy them and their children, family and friends. None of them will remain alive. 11But I will take care of your widows and the children who have no family. You can trust me to keep them safe.’

Jeremiah 49:9 word by word

אִם־בֹּֽצְרִים֙ בָּ֣אוּ לָ֔ךְ לֹ֥א יַשְׁאִ֖רוּ עֽוֹלֵל֑וֹת אִם־גַּנָּבִ֥ים בַּלַּ֖יְלָה הִשְׁחִ֥יתוּ דַיָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• If grapegatherersבָּצַרbâtsar · to gather/restrain/fortifyH1219
• comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to thee, would they not leaveשָׁאַרshâ'ar · to remainH7604
• gleaning grapesעֹלֵלוֹת‛ôlêlâh · gleaningH5955
• if thievesגַּנָּבgannâb · thiefH1590
• by nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• they will destroyשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• till they have enoughדַּיday · sufficiencyH1767

Cross-references for Jeremiah 49:9

• Isaiah 17:6There will be only a few people that remain in Israel. They will be like a few olives that remain on a tree after the harvest. Perhaps two or three olives are still there on the highest branches. Four or five olives may remain on the other branches.’ That is what the Lord God of Israel says.
• Obadiah 1:5He says, ‘Men might come in the night to take away what is yours. (Oh! What a very bad thing will happen to you!) But they would not take everything. If people came to take fruit from your trees, they would leave some fruit on the tree.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 49:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9If grape-gatherers - Both in vintage and harvest every grape and every stalk are not gathered; hence the gleaners get something for their pains: but your enemies shall not leave one of you behind; all shall be carried into captivity.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7-22Verses 7-22 Edom stretched along the south of Judah from the border of Moab on the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean and the Arabian deserts, and held the same relation to Judah which Moab held toward the kingdom of Israel. Although expressly reserved from attack by Moses Deuteronomy 2:5, a long feud caused the Edomites to cherish so bitter an enmity against Judah, that they exulted with cruel joy over the capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldaeans, and showed…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-22Verses 7-22 The Edomites were old enemies to the Israel of God. But their day is now at hand; it is foretold, not only to warn them, but for the sake of the Israel of God, whose afflictions were aggravated by them. Thus Divine judgments go round from nation to nation; the earth is full of commotion, and nothing can escape the ministers of Divine vengeance. The righteousness of God is to be observed amidst the violence of men.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-11Harvesters usually left some of the crop for the poor (Leviticus 19:9–10). Thieves would take only the grapes they could grab quickly and easily. The invaders would take their time and ruthlessly strip Edom bare, leaving only ruin behind. However, the Lord promised to show mercy to the defeated nation's orphans and widows.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. (Ob 5). Grape gatherers, yea even thieves, leave something behind them; but the Chaldeans will sweep Idumea clean of everything.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 49:9

• Edomites
• Gleaning

In the dictionaries

• Conceive
• Dwelling
• Edom
• Heir
• Move
• Rise
• Gleaning
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah (2)
• Obadiah, Book of

Commentaries on Jeremiah 49

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings