Jeremiah 49:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ As to the terror you cause, your arrogant heart has deceived you. You who live in the clefts of the rock, you who occupy the mountain summit, though you elevate your nest like the eagles, even from there I will bring you down. This is the  Lord’s declaration.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Your [object of] horror (your idol) has deceived you, and the pride of your heart [has deceived you], O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock [Sela or Petra], who hold and occupy the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle's, I will bring you down from there, says the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ As for thy terribleness, the pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ The terror you have inflicted on others has deceived you, as has your own pride. Though you live in a fortress and occupy the high ground; though you nest on high like the eagles, I will bring you down, declares the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Your arrogance has deceived you, by the pride of your heart, you who live in the caverns of the rock and who strive to take hold of the height of the hill. But even if you make your nest like that of an eagle, I will pull you down from there, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 49:16 Cross References

2 Kings 14:7

Amaziah killed ten thousand Edomites in Salt Valley.  He took Sela  in battle and called it Joktheel,  which is still its name today.

Job 39:27

Does the eagle soar at your command and make its nest  on high?

Proverbs 16:18

Pride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Proverbs 29:23

A person’s pride will humble him, but a humble spirit will gain honour.

Song of Solomon 2:14

My dove,  in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

Isaiah 10:14

My hand has reached out, as if into a nest, to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered the whole earth. No wing fluttered; no beak opened or chirped.

Isaiah 2:21

They will go into the caves of the rocks and the crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the  Lord and from his majestic splendour, when he rises to terrify the earth.

Isaiah 49:25

For this is what the  Lord  says: ‘Even the captives of a mighty man will be taken, and the prey of a tyrant will be delivered; I will contend with the one who contends with you, and I will save your children.

Jeremiah 48:14

How can you say, ‘We are warriors – valiant men for battle’?

Jeremiah 49:15

I will certainly make you insignificant among the nations, despised among humanity.

Jeremiah 50:29

Summon the archers to Babylon, all who string the bow; camp all round her; let none escape. Repay her according to her deeds; just as she has done, do the same to her, for she has acted arrogantly against the  Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 51:53

Even if Babylon should ascend to the heavens and fortify her tall fortresses, destroyers will come against her from me. This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Amos 9:2

If they dig down to Sheol, from there my hand will take them; if they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.

Habakkuk 2:9

Woe to him who dishonestly makes wealth for his house  , to place his nest on high, to escape the grasp of disaster!

Malachi 1:3

but I hated Esau.  I turned his mountains into a wasteland, and gave his inheritance to the desert jackals.’