'Thieves' in the Bible
They were expelled from human society;people shouted at them as if they were thieves.
Your rulers are rebels,friends of thieves.They all love graftand chase after bribes.They do not defend the rights of the fatherless,and the widow’s case never comes before them.
Wasn’t Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.”
If grape harvesters came to you,wouldn’t they leave some gleanings?Were thieves to come in the night,they would destroy only what they wanted.
They storm the city;they run on the wall;they climb into the houses;they enter through the windows like thieves.
If thieves came to you,if marauders by night—how ravaged you would be!—wouldn’t they steal only what they wanted?If grape pickers came to you,wouldn’t they leave some grapes?