OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 9

Jeremiah 49:9

World English Bible Updated

If grape gatherers came to you,

would they not leave some gleaning grapes?

If thieves came by night,

wouldn’t they steal until they had enough?

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Jeremiah 49:9 in context

Jeremiah 49:6–12

6

“But afterward I will reverse the captivity of the children of Ammon,”

says the LORD.

7

Of Edom, the LORD of Armies says:

“Is wisdom no more in Teman?

Has counsel perished from the prudent?

Has their wisdom vanished?

8

Flee! Turn back!

Dwell in the depths, inhabitants of Dedan;

for I will bring the calamity of Esau on him when I visit him.

9
Selected verse

If grape gatherers came to you,

would they not leave some gleaning grapes?

If thieves came by night,

wouldn’t they steal until they had enough?

10

But I have made Esau bare,

I have uncovered his secret places,

and he will not be able to hide himself.

His offspring is destroyed,

with his brothers and his neighbors;

and he is no more.

11

Leave your fatherless children.

I will preserve them alive.

Let your widows trust in me.”

12

For the LORD says: “Behold, they to whom it didn’t pertain to drink of the cup will certainly drink; and are you he who will altogether go unpunished? You won’t go unpunished, but you will surely drink.

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