Obadiah 5 to Jeremiah 49:9

Later Text: Obadiah 5

OT Source(s): Jeremiah 49:9

Source: John Gill, Exposition of the Entire Bible (1763)

Reference Type: Allusion

Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme — the same thieves-and-grape-gatherers a-fortiori stands in both prophets: even plunderers leave something behind, but God's judgment on Edom leaves nothing — a shared oracle within the canon's Day-of-the-LORD judgment theme, whose end is the kingdom belonging to the LORD (Obadiah 21).

Significance: Obadiah 5 and Jeremiah 49:9 share nearly verbatim rhetorical questions contrasting ordinary plundering with Edom's total devastation. Both ask: if thieves (גַּנָּבִים, gannavim) came by night, would they not steal only enough? If grape gatherers (בֹּצְרִים, botsrim) came, would they not leave gleanings (עֹלֵלוֹת, olelot)? The implied answer—yes, even robbers show restraint—intensifies the horror of what God will do to Edom, which will be stripped bare beyond anything human plunderers would inflict. The close verbal correspondence makes this one of the clearest examples of shared prophetic tradition in the Minor Prophets, pointing to a common oracle against Edom that both Obadiah and Jeremiah employed.

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