Jeremiah 49:16

Modern English Version

As for the terror of you, the pride of your heart has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you 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 struck ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and captured Sela in battle. He called it Joktheel, as it is to 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 those who love it will eat its fruit.

Proverbs 29:23

The pride of man will bring him low, but the humble in spirit will attain honor.

Song of Solomon 2:14

O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the cliffs, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face 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, I have gathered all the earth and there was no one who moved the wing or opened the mouth or peeped.”

Isaiah 2:21

to enter the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the cliffs, from the terror of the Lord, and from the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth mightily.

Isaiah 49:25

For thus says the Lord: Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the tyrant shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your sons.

Jeremiah 48:14

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

Jeremiah 49:15

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

Jeremiah 50:29

Call together the archers against Babylon. All you who bend the bow, encamp against it all around; let no one escape. Recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do to 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 will destroyers come to her, says the Lord.

Amos 9:2

Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will capture them; though they climb up to the heavens, from there I will bring them down;

Habakkuk 2:9

“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be delivered from the power of calamity!”

Malachi 1:3

but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a desolation and left his inheritance for the jackals of the desert.