Obadiah 1:4

Good News Translation

Even though you make your home as high as an eagle's nest, so that it seems to be among the stars, yet I will pull you down.

Cross References

Isaiah 10:14

The nations of the world were like a bird's nest, and I gathered their wealth as easily as gathering eggs. Not a wing fluttered to scare me off; no beak opened to scream at me!”

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 51:53

Even if Babylon could climb to the sky and build a strong fortress there, I would still send people to destroy it. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Amos 9:2

Even if they dig their way down to the world of the dead, I will catch them. Even if they climb up to heaven, I will bring them down.

Habakkuk 2:9

You are doomed! You have made your family rich with what you took by violence, and have tried to make your own home safe from harm and danger!