Obadiah 1:3
You have been tricked by the pride of your heart, O you whose living-place is in the cracks of the rock, whose house is high up; who has said in his heart, Who will make me come down to earth?
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
2See, I have made you small among the nations: you are much looked down on.
Cross References
Genesis 36:8So Esau made his living-place in the hill-country of Seir (Esau is Edom).
2 Chronicles 25:12And ten thousand more the children of Israel took living, and made them go up to the top of the rock, pushing them down from the top of the rock so that their bodies were broken by the fall.
Proverbs 18:12Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.
Isaiah 10:14And I have put my hands on the wealth of the peoples, as on the place where a bird has put her eggs; and as a man may take the eggs from which a bird has gone, so I have taken all the earth for myself: and not a wing was moved, and not a mouth gave out a sound.
Isaiah 14:15But you will come down to the underworld, even to its inmost parts.
Isaiah 47:7And you said, I will be a queen for ever: you did not give attention to these things, and did not keep in mind what would come after.
Matthew Henry on Obadiah 1:2-10
The Doom of Edom. ( b. c. 587.) 1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord God concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the Lord , and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. 2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. 3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? 4 Though thou exalt… Read the whole commentary →