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Obadiah 1:4

Pride

2 “Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you will be deeply despised.

3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’

Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

5 “If thieves came to you, if robbers by night— oh, how you will be ruined— would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?

6 But how Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures sought out!

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
KJV
Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
WEB
Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there,” says the LORD.
ASV
Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.
DARBY
Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith Jehovah.
BLB
Though you rise high like the eagle, and though your nest is set between the stars, from there I will bring you down,” a declaration of YHWH.
ÅB
Om du bygger høyt som ørnen og setter ditt rede blant stjerner, vil jeg styrte deg ned derfra, sier Herren.
OTB
Selv om du gjør ditt rede så høyt som en ørn,
Selv om du setter det blant stjernene,
Derfra vil jeg bringe deg ned,” sier Herren.
B1930
Om du bygger høit som ørnen og setter ditt rede blandt stjerner, vil jeg styrte dig ned derfra, sier Herren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Amos 9:2

    Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.

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  • Habakkuk 2:9

    Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!

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  • Job 20:6–7

    Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,

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  • Isaiah 14:12–15

    How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.

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  • Jeremiah 49:16

    The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 51:53

    Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens and fortifies her lofty stronghold, the destroyers I send will come against her,” declares the LORD.

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  • Job 39:27–28

    Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?

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