Text: Obadiah 7
OT Text Referred to: Jeremiah 49:9
Subject: oracle against Edom
Source: John Gill, Exposition of the Entire Bible (1763)
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Jeremiah 49:9 and Obadiah 5 share a nearly verbatim parallel about grape-gatherers and thieves: "If grape-gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? If thieves came by night, they would steal only what they wanted." Both texts use this rhetorical question to emphasize the totality of Edom's coming destruction — even thieves and grape-harvesters leave something behind, but God's judgment will be complete. The shared imagery demonstrates the close literary relationship between these two anti-Edom oracles, with both prophets drawing from a common tradition of pronouncing judgment on Israel's perennial rival.