Obadiah 1:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

This is what the Lord says: “Even though you fly high like the eagle and put your nest among the stars, I will bring you down from there.

Cross References

Habakkuk 2:9

“Look at you people! You get rich by cheating people, and it hurts your own family! You build your houses high on the cliffs to protect yourself from danger.

Amos 9:2

If they dig deep into the ground, I will pull them from there. If they go up into the skies, I will bring them down from there.

Jeremiah 49:16

Edom, you made other nations afraid, so you thought you were important. But your pride has fooled you. You live in caves, high on the cliff. Your home is high in the hills. But even if you build your home as high as an eagle’s nest, I will bring you down from there.” This is what the Lord said.

Jeremiah 51:53

Babylon might grow until she touches the sky. Babylon might make her forts strong, but I will send people to fight against that city. And they will destroy her.” This is what the Lord said.

Isaiah 10:14

With my own hands I have taken the riches of all these people—like someone taking eggs from a bird’s nest. A bird often leaves its nest and eggs, and there is nothing to protect the nest. There is no bird to chirp and fight with its wings and beak, so anyone can come take the eggs. And there is no one to stop me from taking all the people on earth.”