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Obadiah 1:4

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

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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.

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.

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This verse in Obadiah 1

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle - Though like this bird thou get into the highest cliff of the highest rock, it will not avail thee. To defend thee, when Jehovah has determined thy destruction, thy deepest caves and highest rocks will be equally useless. See Jer 49:16.

This site's exposition

The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee

on Obadiah 1:3-4

Edom's sin is named before its punishment: pride, housed in a terrain built for it, the clefts of the rock and a habitation set high, widely identified with Sela and the mountain stronghold later called Petra. Who shall bring me down to the ground is the boast the Lord answers directly, though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down. Matthew Henry reads the eagle image as pride's own logic, that height and hiddenness are mistaken for safety, and the oracle's whole point is that no rock outclimbs the God who made it.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, Sinners will certainly be made ashamed of their pride and security of their pride when it has a fall and of their security when their confidences fail their expectation. Do they depend upon their wealth and treasure, the abundance of which is looked upon as the sinews of war? Is their money their defence?

The words behind it

12 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • אִם־if

    ʾim-H518 →1069 times

  • תַּגְבִּ֣יהַּyou will make high

    tagbiahH1361 →

  • כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁרlike <the> eagle

    kanesherH5404 →

  • וְאִם־and if

    veim-H518 →1069 times

  • בֵּ֥יןbetween

    beinH996 →

  • כּֽוֹכָבִ֖ים[the] stars

    kokhavimH3556 →

  • שִׂ֣ים[will be] set

    simH7760 →

  • קִנֶּ֑ךָnest your

    kinechaH7064 →

  • מִשָּׁ֥םfrom there

    mishamH8033 →

  • אוֹרִֽידְךָ֖I will bring down you

    ʾoridekhaH3381 →

  • נְאֻם־[the] utterance of

    neum-H5002 →

  • יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

15 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Amos 9:2Though 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.8 worksHabakkuk 2:9Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!8 worksJob 20:6–7Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,7 worksIsaiah 14:12–15How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.7 worksPsalms 139:8If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.7 worksJeremiah 49:16The 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.6 works
The other 9 cross-references, with their words ▾
Jeremiah 51:53Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens and fortifies her lofty stronghold, the destroyers I send will come against her,” declares the LORD.6 worksJob 39:27–28Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?5 worksJob 29:18So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.3 worksMatthew 11:23And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.3 worksIsaiah 10:14My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’”2 worksLuke 10:15And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!2 worksPsalms 104:17where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses.2 worksJeremiah 22:23O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”2 worksRevelation 4:7The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.-1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • 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.

    • Psalms 139:7–10

      Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?

  • Through

    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!

    it leads to

    • 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…

    • Jeremiah 22:13–19

      “Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,

  • Through

    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…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 49:25

      Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with…

    • Job 39:27

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

    • 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.

    • Proverbs 29:23

      A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.

Where this verse is studied

About Obadiah

Obadiah: the study guide →Read Obadiah 1 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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