Obadiah 1:5-6

[5] 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? [6] How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!

What is the context of Obadiah 1:5-6?

The Harvest from Edom’s Arrogance (Obadiah 1:5-9 true)
Edom’s Approaching Destruction (Obadiah 1:2-9 true)
Edom’s Judgment Announced (Obadiah 1:2-9 true)
Edom’s Certain Judgment (Obadiah 1:2-9 true)
The Coming Judgment on Edom (Obadiah 1:1-9 true)
Edom Will Be Humbled (Obadiah 1:1-14 true)
Obadiah’s Vision .( A .) .( B .) (Obadiah 1:1-21 true)

What does Obadiah 1:5-6 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Thieves robbed houses and grape harvesters stripped vineyards, yet both left a little behind that they did not carry off. However, Yahweh"s destruction of Edom would be so complete that nothing at all would remain of her (cf. Jeremiah 49:9-10). There would be no remnant of Edom left (in contrast to the remnant that Yahweh promised elsewhere to leave in Israel). The form of this assurance sounds like mourning in the presence of death. Concealed treasures of all kinds, human as well as material, would not escape Yahweh"s omniscient eye (cf. Jeremiah 49:4).