I will still bring you down, even if you fly higher than an eagle or nest among the stars. I, the LORD, have spoken!
I have conquered the whole world! And it was easier than taking eggs from an unguarded nest. No one even flapped a wing or made a cheep.
Pride tricks you into thinking that other nations look at you with fear. You live along the cliffs and high in the mountains like the eagles, but I am the LORD, and I will bring you down.
Although Babylon's walls reach to the sky, the army I send will destroy that city. I, the LORD, have spoken.
“If they dig deep into the earth or climb to the sky, I'll reach out and get them.
You're doomed! You made your family rich at the expense of others. You even said to yourself, “I'm above the law.”