Yēlìmǐshū 49:9

9 Zhāi pútào de ruò lái dào Tānàli , qǐbù shèngxia xiē pútào ne . dàozéi ruò yè jiān ér lái , qǐbù huǐhuaì zhídào gòu le ne .

Yēlìmǐshū 49:9 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 49:9

If grape gatherers come to thee, would they not leave [some]
gleaning grapes?
&c.] If gatherers of grapes, at the time of the vintage, should come into thy fields to gather the grapes, being ripe, would not they leave some for the poor to glean? certainly they would, and not take every cluster. The Targum renders it,

``if thy spoilers, as grape gatherers, should come to thee,'' &c.

if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough;
who break into houses by night, these will eat and drink as much as is sufficient, and carry off what serves their turn; but they seldom take away everything they find in a house; they leave some things behind them; but it is suggested that the Chaldeans should take away all from the Edomites, and leave them nothing; see ( Obadiah 1:5 Obadiah 1:6 ) .

Yēlìmǐshū 49:9 In-Context

7 Lún Yǐdōng . wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , Tǎnxī zhōng zaì méiyǒu zhìhuì ma . míng zhé rén bú zaì yǒu móu lüè ma . tāmende zhìhuì jǐn guī wú yǒu ma .

8 Dǐdàn de jūmín nǎ , yào zhuǎn shēn taópǎo , zhù zaì shēn mì chù . yīnwei wǒ xiàng Yǐsǎo zhuī tǎo de shíhou , bì shǐ zāiyāng líndào tā .

9 Zhāi pútào de ruò lái dào Tānàli , qǐbù shèngxia xiē pútào ne . dàozéi ruò yè jiān ér lái , qǐbù huǐhuaì zhídào gòu le ne .

10 Wǒ què shǐ Yǐsǎo chìlù , xiǎn chū tāde yǐn mì chù . tā bùnéng zì cáng . tāde hòuyì , dìxiōng , línshè jǐn dōu mièjué . tā yĕ guīyú wú yǒu .

11 Nǐ piĕ xià gūér , wǒ bì bǎoquán tāmende méng . nǐde guǎfu kĕyǐ yǐkào wǒ .