Obadiah 1:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

Obadiah 1:4 —

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Cross-References

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Amos 9:2
Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
Job 20:6-7
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; …
Jeremiah 51:53
Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 49:16
Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.

Topics

Ambition Arrogance Conceit Haughtiness Heart Presumption Pride Proud

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-9)

Edom is the nation against which this prophecy is levelled, and which, some think, is put for all the enemies of Israel, that shall be brought down first or last. The rabbin by Edom understand Rome. Rome Christians they understand it of, and have an implacable enmity to it a such; but, if we understand it of Rome antichristian, we shall find the passages of it applicable enough. And though Edom wa…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 4)

4. exalt thyself--or supply from the second clause, “thy nest” [Maurer] (Compare Job 20:6; Jr 49:16; Am 9:2). set ... nest among ... stars--namely, on the loftiest hills which seem to reach the very stars. Edom is a type of Antichrist (Is 14:13; Da 8:10; 11:37). thence will I bring thee down--in spite of thy boast (Ob 3), “Who shall bring me down?”