Obadiah 1:3
Your heart's pride has deceived you—you who live in a secure fortress of rock in the high mountains, saying to yourselves, “Who can ever bring us down?”
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2I will make you insignificant among the nations. You will be totally despised.
Cross References
Genesis 36:8Esau settled down in the hill country of Seir.
2 Chronicles 25:12The army of Judah also captured another ten thousand, took them to the top of a cliff and threw them off, killing them all.
Proverbs 18:12Pride leads to destruction; humility goes before honor.
Isaiah 10:14Like robbing a bird's nest, I took the wealth of the nations. Like collecting abandoned eggs, I collected the whole earth. There wasn't a fluttering wing or an open beak, not even a chirp!”
Isaiah 14:15But you are dragged down to the grave, into the depths of the pit.
Isaiah 47:7You said, “I will reign forever as the eternal queen.” But you didn't think about what was coming; you didn't remember what would happen to you in the end.
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 →