Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
exalt thyself—or supply from the second clause, "thy nest" [MAURER] (Compare Job 20:6; Jeremiah 49:16; Amos 9:2).
set . . . nest among . . . stars—namely, on the loftiest hills which seem to reach the very stars. Edom is a type of Antichrist (Isaiah 14:13; Daniel 8:10; Daniel 11:37).
thence will I bring thee down—in spite of thy boast (Obadiah 1:3), "Who shall bring me down?"
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Obadiah 1:4:
Job 20:6
Job 29:18
Jeremiah 22:24
Jeremiah 49:16
Jeremiah 51:53
Amos 9:2
Obadiah 1:21
Habakkuk 2:9
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