“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?”
The rhetorical question about whether thieves would not steal only what suffices and if grape gatherers came would they not leave some gleanings indicates the contrast to the total destruction Edom will experience. The suggestion is that even thieves and gatherers leave something, but Edom will be completely stripped. This verse emphasizes the totality of the judgment.
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