Obadiah 1:5

2 Samuel 1:19; Deuteronomy 24:21; Isaiah 14:12; Isaiah 17:6; Isaiah 24:13; Jeremiah 49:9; Jeremiah 50:23; Lamentations 1:1; Micah 7:1; Revelation 18:10; Zephaniah 2:15

Related Commentaries of Obadiah 1:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If thieves came to thee - The prophet describes their future punishment, by contrast with that which, as a marauding people, they well knew. Thie...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(d) If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Obadiah 1:1-15 b. The Deserved Downfall of Edom. The prophet declares that interpretation of current events which Yahweh has revealed to him. Oth...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

if the grape gatherers. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "or if", &c. would they not. ? Reference to Pentateuch ( D...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet shows in this verse that the calamity with which God was resolved to afflict the Idumeans would not be slight, for nothing would be...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If thieves came, &c.— When thieves come to thee, when nightly robbers, when thou art laid to rest, will they not plunder as much as shall seem...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(5-9) The completeness of the overthrow awaiting Edom. It is no mere inroad of a marauding tribe. Something would escape the robber, though he migh...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

EDOM AND ISRAEL Obadiah 1:1-21 IF the Book of Obadiah presents us with some of the most difficult questions of criticism, it raises besides one...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who sh...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night ,.... Whether the one came by day, and the other by night, or both by night, the same being meant by di...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If thieves come unto thee See note on Jeremiah 49:9 . How are his hidden things sought up! Those treasures and riches which he took all possible...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Doom of Edom. B. C. 587. 1 The vis...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In this verse the prophet doth in an abrupt manner of speech, mixed of wonder and doubt, express the strange havoc and desolation made in Edom, as if...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

They Will Be Expelled From Edom By Those Who Will At First Appear To Be Their Friends ( Obadiah 1:5-9 ). Their punishment will be extreme and fina...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Obadiah 1:5 .] Spoliation shall be complete; not such as thieves or grape-gatherers make, who leave the rest when they have...
The Biblical Illustrator

The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee. Pride I. That the most despicable people are often the most disposed to pride. Edom is described a...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Edom's Destruction Foretold
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, this being said for the sake of comparison, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till th...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

A Bird's-Eye View of Obadiah The Book of Obadiah INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1: A vision concerning Edom. We are well aware that Esau was the fathe...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

If thieves — If thieves by day had spoiled thee, they would not have thus stripped thee. Robbers — If robbers in the night had been with thee, they...

⁵ If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?

Related Commentaries of Obadiah 1:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

The Biblical Illustrator

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Obadiah 1:5