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Obadiah 3–4

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3Your arrogant heart has deceived you,f

you who live in clefts of the rockBCg

in your home on the heights,

who say to yourself,

“Who can bring me down to the ground?”h

4Though you seem to soarD like an eagleF

and make your nest among the stars,j

even from there I will bring you down.

This is the Lord’s declaration.

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Footnotes

  1. BOr in Sela; probably Petra
  2. CProbably Petra
  3. DOr to build high

Cross references

  1. fIs 16:6
  2. g2Kg 14:7; 2Ch 25:12
  3. hIs 14:13–15
  4. FJb 20:6–7; Hab 2:9
  5. jIs 14:12–15

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The pride of your heart has deceived you,

you who live in the clefts of the rock,

in your lofty dwelling,

who say in your heart,

“Who will bring me down to the ground?”

Though you soar aloft like the eagle,

though your nest is set among the stars,

from there I will bring you down,

declares the Lord.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The pride of your heart has deceived you,

you who live in the clefts of the rocks

and make your home on the heights,

you who say to yourself,

‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’

Though you soar like the eagle

and make your nest among the stars,

from there I will bring you down,”

declares the Lord.

NLTNew Living Translation

You have been deceived by your own pride

because you live in a rock fortress

and make your home high in the mountains.

‘Who can ever reach us way up here?’

you ask boastfully.

But even if you soar as high as eagles

and build your nest among the stars,

I will bring you crashing down,”

says the Lord.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of a rock, the heights of its dwelling, you who say in your heart: ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’ Even if you soar like the eagle, even if your nest is set among the stars, from there I will bring you down!” declares Yahweh:

KJV 1900King 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?

Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle,

And though thou set thy nest among the stars,

Thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.