Obadiah 1:3

Good News Translation

Your pride has deceived you. Your capital is a fortress of solid rock; your home is high in the mountains, and so you say to yourself, ‘Who can ever pull me down?’

Cross References

Genesis 36:8

So Esau lived in the hill country of Edom.

2 Kings 14:7

Amaziah killed ten thousand Edomite soldiers in Salt Valley; he captured the city of Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, the name it still has.

2 Chronicles 25:11

Amaziah summoned up his courage and led his army to Salt Valley. There they fought and killed ten thousand Edomite soldiers

2 Chronicles 25:12

and captured another ten thousand. They took the prisoners to the top of the cliff at the city of Sela and threw them off, so that they were killed on the rocks below.

Job 20:6

They may grow great, towering to the sky, so great that their heads reach the clouds,

Proverbs 16:18

Pride leads to destruction, and arrogance to downfall.

Proverbs 18:12

No one is respected unless he is humble; arrogant people are on the way to ruin.

Proverbs 29:23

Arrogance will bring your downfall, but if you are humble, you will be respected.

Isaiah 16:6

The people of Judah say, “We have heard how proud the people of Moab are. We know that they are arrogant and conceited, but their boasts are empty.”

Jeremiah 21:13

You, Jerusalem, are sitting high above the valleys, like a rock rising above the plain. But I will fight against you. You say that no one can attack you or break through your defenses.

Jeremiah 37:9

I, the Lord, warn you not to deceive yourselves into thinking that the Babylonians will not come back, because they will.

Jeremiah 48:28

“You people who live in Moab, leave your towns! Go and live on the cliffs! Be like the dove that makes its nest in the sides of a ravine.

Jeremiah 49:16

Your pride has deceived you. No one fears you as much as you think they do. You live on the rocky cliffs, high on top of the mountain; but even though you live as high up as an eagle, the Lord will bring you down. The Lord has spoken.”

Jeremiah 49:4

Why do you unfaithful people boast? Your strength is failing. Why do you trust in your power and say that no one would dare attack you?

Ezekiel 28:16

You were busy buying and selling, and this led you to violence and sin. So I forced you to leave my holy mountain, and the angel who guarded you drove you away from the sparkling gems.

Malachi 1:4

If Esau's descendants, the Edomites, say, “Our towns have been destroyed, but we will rebuild them,” then the Lord will reply, “Let them rebuild—I will tear them down again. People will call them ‘The evil country’ and ‘The nation with whom the Lord is angry forever.’”