Obadiah 1:3

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?’

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

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

4Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

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Cross References

Genesis 36:8So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.

2 Chronicles 25:12and the army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.

Proverbs 18:12Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

Isaiah 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.’”

Isaiah 14:15But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.

Isaiah 47:7You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.

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 →

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