Obadiah 1:4

Obadiah 1:4

2 “Behold, I will make you small among the nations;
You shall be greatly despised.

3 The ^apride of your heart has deceived you,
You who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
Whose habitation is high;
^bYou who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’

4 ^aThough you ascend as high as the eagle,
And though you ^bset your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” says the Lord.

5 “If ^athieves had come to you,
If robbers by night—
Oh, how you will be cut off!—
Would they not have stolen till they had enough?
If grape-gatherers had come to you,
^bWould they not have left some gleanings?

6 “Oh, how Esau shall be searched out!
How his hidden treasures shall be sought after!

7 All the men in your confederacy
Shall force you to the border;
^aThe men at peace with you
Shall deceive you and prevail against you.
Those who eat your bread shall lay a¹ trap for you.
^bNo¹ one is aware of it.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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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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