Verse 9
Jeremiah 49:9
World Messianic Bible
9
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?
Original Language Text
hebrew
אִם בֹּֽצְרִים֙ בָּ֣אוּ לָ֔/ךְ לֹ֥א יַשְׁאִ֖רוּ עֽוֹלֵל֑וֹת אִם גַּנָּבִ֥ים בַּ/לַּ֖יְלָה הִשְׁחִ֥יתוּ דַיָּֽ/ם
English Translation
If harvesters come to you, they will not leave behind any gleanings; if thieves come at night, they will destroy what is left.
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Chapter 49 Context
1
Of the children of Ammon. Yahweh says:
“Has Israel no sons?
Has he no heir?
Why then does Malcam pos...
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2
Therefore behold, the days come,”
says Yahweh,
“that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard agains...
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3
“Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste!
Cry, you daughters of Rabbah!
Clothe yourself in sackcloth.
La...
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4
Why do you boast in the valleys,
your flowing valley, backsliding daughter?
You trusted in her treas...
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5
Behold, I will bring a terror on you,”
says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies,
“from all who are around you...
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6
“But afterward I will reverse the captivity of the children of Ammon,”
says Yahweh.
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7
Of Edom, Yahweh of Armies says:
“Is wisdom no more in Teman?
Has counsel perished from the prudent?...
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8
Flee! Turn back!
Dwell in the depths, inhabitants of Dedan;
for I will bring the calamity of Esau on...
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9
If grape gatherers came to you,
would they not leave some gleaning grapes?
If thieves came by night,...
10
But I have made Esau bare,
I have uncovered his secret places,
and he will not be able to hide himse...
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11
Leave your fatherless children.
I will preserve them alive.
Let your widows trust in me.”
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12
For Yahweh says: “Behold, they to whom it didn’t pertain to drink of the cup will certainly drink; a...
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13
For I have sworn by myself,” says Yahweh, “that Bozrah will become an astonishment, a reproach, a wa...
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14
I have heard news from Yahweh,
and an ambassador is sent among the nations,
saying, “Gather yourselv...
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15
“For, behold, I have made you small among the nations,
and despised among men.
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16
As for your terror,
the pride of your heart has deceived you,
O you who dwell in the clefts of the r...
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17
“Edom will become an astonishment.
Everyone who passes by it will be astonished,
and will hiss at al...
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18
As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbor cities,” says Yahweh,
“no man will dwell...
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19
“Behold, he will come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation:
for...
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20
Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Edom;
and his purposes, that he has...
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21
The earth trembles at the noise of their fall;
there is a cry, the noise which is heard in the Red S...
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22
Behold, he will come up and fly as the eagle,
and spread out his wings against Bozrah.
The heart of...
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23
Of Damascus:
“Hamath is confounded, and Arpad;
for they have heard evil news.
They have melted away....
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24
Damascus has grown feeble,
she turns herself to flee,
and trembling has seized her.
Anguish and sorr...
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25
How is the city of praise not forsaken,
the city of my joy?
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26
Therefore her young men will fall in her streets,
and all the men of war will be brought to silence...
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27
“I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus,
and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.”
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28
Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck. Yahweh says:
“A...
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29
They will take their tents and their flocks.
they will carry away for themselves their curtains,
all...
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30
Flee!
Wander far off!
Dwell in the depths, you inhabitants of Hazor,” says Yahweh;
“for Nebuchadnezz...
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31
Arise! Go up to a nation that is at ease,
that dwells without care,” says Yahweh;
“that has neither...
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32
Their camels will be a booty,
and the multitude of their livestock a plunder.
I will scatter to all...
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33
Hazor will be a dwelling place of jackals,
a desolation forever.
No man will dwell there,
neither wi...
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34
Yahweh’s word that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Ze...
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35
“Yahweh of Armies says:
‘Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,
the chief of their might.
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36
I will bring on Elam the four winds from the four quarters of the sky,
and will scatter them toward...
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37
I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies,
and before those who seek their life.
I will...
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38
I will set my throne in Elam,
and will destroy from there king and princes,’ says Yahweh.
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39
‘But it will happen in the latter days
that I will reverse the captivity of Elam,’ says Yahweh.”
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