Jeremiah 49:16

Legacy Standard Bible

“As for the terror of you, The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, Who seize the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as an eagle’s, I will bring you down from there,” declares Yahweh.

Cross References

2 Kings 14:7

He struck down 10,000 of Edom in the Valley of Salt and seized Sela by war and named it Joktheel to this day.

Job 39:27

“Is it at your command that the eagle goes on high And raises his nest high?

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before stumbling.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.

Proverbs 29:23

A man’s lofty pride will bring him low, But a lowly spirit will take hold of glory.

Song of Solomon 2:14

¶“O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the secret place of the steep pathway, Let me see your appearance, Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, And your appearance is lovely.”

Isaiah 10:14

And my hand reached for the wealth of the peoples like a nest, And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth; And there was not one that flapped its wing or opened its beak or chirped.”

Isaiah 2:21

In order to go into the caverns of the rocks and the clefts of the cliffs Before the dread of Yahweh and the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to make the earth tremble.

Isaiah 49:25

Surely, thus says Yahweh, “Even the captives of the mighty man will be taken away, And the prey of the tyrant will be granted escape; For I will contend with the one who contends with you, And I will save your sons.

Jeremiah 48:14

“How can you say, ‘We are mighty warriors, And men valiant for battle’?

Jeremiah 49:15

“For behold, I have made you small among the nations, Despised among men.

Jeremiah 50:29

¶“Summon many against Babylon, All those who bend the bow: Encamp against her on every side, Let there be no escape. Repay her according to her work; According to all that she has done, so do to her; For she has become arrogant against Yahweh, Against the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 51:53

“Though Babylon should ascend to the heavens, And though she should fortify her lofty stronghold, From Me destroyers will come to her,” declares Yahweh.

Amos 9:2

“Though they dig into Sheol, From there will My hand take them; And though they ascend to heaven, From there will I bring them down.

Habakkuk 2:9

¶“Woe to him who is greedy for evil gain for his house To put his nest on high, To be delivered from the hand of evil!

Malachi 1:3

but I have hated Esau, and I have set his mountains to be a desolation and his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness.”