Obadiah 1:3
The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, in your lofty home; who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
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2Behold, I will make you small among the nations, you will be greatly despised.
Cross References
Genesis 36:8So Esau, also known as Edom, settled in the hill country of Seir.
2 Chronicles 25:12The army of Judah carried away alive another ten thousand. They took them to the top of the cliff and threw them down from there, so that they were all broken in pieces.
Proverbs 18:12Before his downfall a person's heart is proud, 1 but humility comes before honor. 1
Isaiah 10:14My hand has seized, as from a nest, the wealth of nations, 1 and as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. 1 None fluttered their wings or opened their mouth or chirped.” 1
Isaiah 14:15Yet you are now brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the pit. 1
Isaiah 47:7You said, “I will rule forever as sovereign queen.” 1 You did not take these things to heart, nor did you consider how they would turn out. 1
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 →