Obadiah 1:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

Though you go up on high like an eagle, though your house is placed among the stars, I will make you come down from there, says the Lord.

Cross References

Isaiah 10:14

And I have put my hands on the wealth of the peoples, as on the place where a bird has put her eggs; and as a man may take the eggs from which a bird has gone, so I have taken all the earth for myself: and not a wing was moved, and not a mouth gave out a sound.

Jeremiah 49:16

(UNTRANSLATED TEXT) the pride of your heart has been a false hope, O you who are living in the cracks of the rock, keeping your place on the top of the hill: even if you made your living-place as high as the eagle, I would make you come down, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:53

Even if Babylon was lifted up to heaven, even if she had the high places of her strength shut in with walls, still I would send against her those who will make her waste, says the Lord.

Amos 9:2

Even if they go deep into the underworld, my hand will take them up from there; if they go up to heaven, I will get them down:

Habakkuk 2:9

A curse on him who gets evil profits for his family, so that he may put his resting-place on high and be safe from the hand of the wrongdoer!