Text: Obadiah 5
OT Text Referred to: Jeremiah 49:9-10
Subject: Thieves and grape gatherers imagery
Source: John Gill, Exposition of the Entire Bible (1763)
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Obadiah 5 and Jeremiah 49:9-10 share the distinctive paired imagery of thieves (גַּנָּבִים, gannavim) and grape gatherers (בֹּצְרִים, botsrim) who leave something behind—but God's judgment on Edom will leave nothing. Jeremiah 49:9 asks the same rhetorical questions as Obadiah 5 in nearly identical wording, then Jeremiah 49:10 adds: "I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places (מִסְתָּרָיו, mistarav)." Both texts use the a-fortiori argument: if even ordinary thieves and harvesters leave remnants, how much more devastating will Yahweh's judgment be, which leaves Esau with nothing at all. The shared imagery confirms either direct literary dependence or a common anti-Edom prophetic tradition.