If thieves came to you, if plunderers by night—how you have been destroyed!—would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings?

5εἰ κλέπται εἰσῆλθον πρὸς σὲ ἢ λῃσταὶ νυκτός, ποῦ ἂν ἀπερρίφης; οὐκ ἂν ἔκλεψαν τὰ ἱκανὰ ἑαυτοῖς; καὶ εἰ τρυγηταὶ εἰσῆλθον πρὸς σέ, οὐκ ἂν ὑπελίποντο ἐπιφυλλίδα;

אִם־גַּנָּבִ֤ים בָּאֽוּ־לְךָ֙ אִם־שֹׁ֣ודְדֵי לַ֔יְלָה אֵ֣יךְ נִדְמֵ֔יתָה הֲלֹ֥וא יִגְנְב֖וּ דַּיָּ֑ם אִם־בֹּֽצְרִים֙ בָּ֣אוּ לָ֔ךְ הֲלֹ֖וא יַשְׁאִ֥ירוּ עֹלֵלֹֽות׃

Later Commentaries

George Leo Haydock (1774-1849)

Haydock Catholic Bible Commentary: Abdias [Obadiah]

Cluster. Jer. xlix. 9. The Chaldeans take all, and remove the people. v. 7.