Jeremiah 49:16

As for your fearsomeness, your heart's pride has deceived you, inhabitants of places on the cliff, 1 you who have occupied the highest hills so that you may make your nest high like an eagle. 1 I will bring you down from there—this is Yahweh's declaration. 1

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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.

In Context

15“For see, I have made you small compared to the other nations, despised by people. 1

17Edom will become a horror to everyone passing by it. 1 Every such person will tremble and hiss because all of its disasters. 1

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Cross References

Job 39:27Is it at your orders that the eagle mounts up 1 and makes his nest in high places? 1

Proverbs 18:21Death and life are controlled by the tongue, 1 and those who love the tongue will eat its fruit. 1

Song of Solomon 2:14My dove, in the clefts of the rock, 1 in the secret clefts of the mountain crags, 1 let me see your face. 1 Let me hear your voice, 1 for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.” The woman speaking to the man 1

Isaiah 14:13You had said in your heart, 'I will ascend into heaven, 1 I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, 1 and I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. 1

Isaiah 49:25But this is what Yahweh says, 1 “Yes, the captives will be taken away from the warrior, and spoils will be rescued; 1 for I will oppose your adversary and save your children. 1

Jeremiah 48:28Abandon the cities and camp on the cliffs, inhabitants of Moab. 1 Become like a dove that is nesting over the mouth of a hole in the rocks. 1

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 49:8-23

The Judgment of Edom. ( b. c. 595.) 7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished? 8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him. 9 If grape-gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough. 10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret… Read the whole commentary →

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