Obadiah 1:4

English Standard Version 2016

Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, from there I will bring you down, declares the Lord.

Cross References

Habakkuk 2:9

“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of harm!

Amos 9:2

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

Jeremiah 49:16

The horror you inspire has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, you who live in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle’s, I will bring you down from there, declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:53

Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify her strong height, yet destroyers would come from me against her, declares the Lord.

Isaiah 10:14

My hand has found like a nest the wealth of the peoples; and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken, so I have gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved a wing or opened the mouth or chirped.”