Jeremiah 49:16

New Century Version

Edom, you frightened other nations, but your pride has fooled you. You live in the hollow places of the cliff and control the high places of the hills. Even if you build your home as high as an eagle’s nest, I will bring you down from there,” says the Lord.

Cross References

2 Kings 14:7

In battle Amaziah killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He also took the city of Sela. He called it Joktheel, as it is still called today.

Job 39:27

Are you the one that commands the eagle to fly and build its nest so high?

Proverbs 16:18

Pride leads to destruction; a proud attitude brings ruin.

Proverbs 18:21

What you say can mean life or death. Those who speak with care will be rewarded.

Proverbs 29:23

Pride will ruin people, but those who are humble will be honored.

Song of Solomon 2:14

My beloved is like a dove hiding in the cracks of the rock, in the secret places of the cliff. Show me your face, and let me hear your voice. Your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

Isaiah 10:14

I have taken the riches of all these people, like a person reaching into a bird’s nest. I have taken these nations, like a person taking eggs. Not one raised a hand or opened its mouth to stop me.”

Isaiah 2:21

Then the people will hide in caves and cracks in the rocks from the anger of the Lord and his great power, when he stands to shake the earth.

Isaiah 49:25

This is what the Lord says: “The prisoners will be taken from the strong soldiers. What the soldiers have taken will be saved. I will fight your enemies, and I will save your children.

Jeremiah 48:14

“You cannot say, ‘We are warriors! We are brave men in battle!’

Jeremiah 49:15

“Soon I will make you the smallest of nations, and you will be greatly hated by everyone.

Jeremiah 50:29

“Call for the archers to come against Babylon. Tell them to surround the city, and let no one escape. Pay her back for what she has done; do to her what she has done to other nations. Babylon acted with pride against the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 51:53

Even if Babylon grows until she touches the sky, and even if she makes her highest cities strong, I will send people to destroy her,” says the Lord.

Amos 9:2

If they dig down as deep as the place of the dead, I will pull them up from there. If they climb up into heaven, I will bring them down from there.

Habakkuk 2:9

“How terrible it will be for the nation that becomes rich by doing wrong, thinking they will live in a safe place and escape harm.

Malachi 1:3

but I hated Esau. I destroyed his mountain country and left his land to the wild dogs of the desert.”