Jeremiah 49:9

God's Word

If people come to pick your grapes, won’t they leave a few grapes behind? If thieves come during the night, won’t they steal only until they’ve had enough?

Cross References

Isaiah 17:6

Only a few people will survive. They will be like an olive tree that has been beaten. Only two or three olives are left at the top of the highest branch, four or five olives on the rest of the branches,” declares the Lord God of Israel.

Jeremiah 6:9

This is what the Lord of Armies says: Thoroughly pick through the faithful few of Israel like someone picks through a grapevine. Like someone picking grapes, pass your hand over its branches again.

Leviticus 19:9

“When you harvest the grain in your land, don’t harvest the grain in the corners of your fields or gather what is left after you’re finished.