Verse Lens · Context pointer
Obadiah 1:5 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 5. 5If 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?
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Role in This Section
Uses ordinary thieves and grape gatherers to show that Edom's loss will exceed normal plunder.
Read It With
- Obadiah 1:5–7
Read verses 5–7 together. The ordinary thief and harvest comparisons only make sense as a contrast with the exhaustive searching and ally betrayal that follow.
Why It Needs Context
This image explains the scale of Edom's loss only when read with the comparison and ally betrayal across verses 5–7.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Obadiah 1:5–7 — Edom Is Thoroughly Plundered and Betrayed by AlliesSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Obadiah 1:5–7, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Obadiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew forms, clause boundaries, repeated roots, names, and the base wording behind translation discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2 (commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00), wlc/Obad.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 1:5–7
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