Jeremiah 49:16

King James 2000

Your fierceness has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, O you that dwell in the clefts of the rock, that hold the height of the hill: though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, says the LORD.

Cross References

2 Kings 14:7

He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.

Job 39:27

Does the eagle mount up at your command, and make her nest on high?

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Proverbs 29:23

A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.

Song of Solomon 2:14

O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for sweet is your voice, and your countenance is lovely.

Isaiah 10:14

And my hand has found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathers eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

Isaiah 2:21

To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake mightily the earth.

Isaiah 49:25

But thus says the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contends with you, and I will save your children.

Jeremiah 48:14

How say you, We are mighty and strong men for the war?

Jeremiah 49:15

For, lo, I will make you small among the nations, and despised among men.

Jeremiah 50:29

Call together the archers against Babylon: all you that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none of them escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do unto her: for she has been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 51:53

Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall plunderers come unto her, says the LORD.

Amos 9:2

Though they dig into sheol, there shall my hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, there will I bring them down:

Habakkuk 2:9

Woe to him that covets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of ruin!

Malachi 1:3

And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the jackals of the wilderness.