Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Obadiah 1:4
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Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
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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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Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there,” says the LORD.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Obadiah 1
2 “Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you will be deeply despised.
3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
4 Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
5 “If thieves came to you, if robbers by night—oh, how you will be ruined—would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?
6 But how Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures sought out!
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