Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down," declares the LORD. People Benjamin, Canaanites, Esau, Jacob, Joseph, Obadiah, TemanPlaces Edom, Esau, Gilead, Jerusalem, Mount Esau, Mount Zion, Negeb, Samaria, Sepharad, Shephelah, Teman, ZarephathTopics Affirmation, Aloft, Bring, Build, Declares, Eagle, Exalt, Mount, Nest, Placed, Says, Soar, Stars, Thence, Though, ThyselfOutline 1. The destruction of Edom,3. for their pride,10. and for their wrong unto Jacob.17. The salvation and victory of Jacob.Jump to Previous Affirmation Build Declares Eagle Exalt High House Mount Nest Placed Soar Stars Thence ThyselfJump to Next Affirmation Build Declares Eagle Exalt High House Mount Nest Placed Soar Stars Thence ThyselfLibrary Obadiah
The book of Obadiah--shortest of all the prophetic books--is occupied, in the main, as the superscription suggests, with the fate of Edom. Her people have been humbled, the high and rocky fastnesses in which they trusted have not been able to save them. Neighbouring Arab tribes have successfully attacked them and driven them from their home (vv, 1-7).[1] This is the divine penalty for their cruel and unbrotherly treatment of the Jews after the siege of Jerusalem, vv. 10-14, 15b. Nay, a day …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old TestamentParallel Verses NASB: "Though you build high like the eagle, Though you set your nest among the stars, From there I will bring you down," declares the LORD.KJV: 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.
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