Jeremiah 49:9-10

9 When people pick grapes, they leave a few on the vines, and when robbers come at night, they take only what they want.

10 But I have stripped Esau's descendants completely and uncovered their hiding places, so that they can no longer hide. All the people of Edom are destroyed. Not one of them is left.

Jeremiah 49:9-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 49

This chapter contains prophecies concerning the judgments of God on several nations and kingdoms, chiefly bordering on the land of Israel; on the Ammonites, Jer 49:1-6; on the Edomites, Jer 49:7-22; on the kingdom of Damascus, or the Syrians, Jer 49:23-27; on the Kedarenes or Arabians, Jer 49:28-33; and on the Elamites or Persians, Jer 49:34-39.

Footnotes

• [a]. they leave a few . . . they take only what they want. +V10+WBut I; [or] they leave nothing . . . they take everything. +V10+WAnd so I.