Obadiah 1:3

New International Reader's Version

You live in the safety of the rocks. You make your home high up in the mountains. But your proud heart has tricked you. So you say to yourself, ‘No one can bring me down to the ground.’

Cross References

Genesis 36:8

So Esau made his home in the hill country of Seir. Esau was also called Edom.

2 Kings 14:7

Amaziah won the battle over 10,000 men of Edom. It happened in the Valley of Salt. During the battle he captured the town of Sela. He called it Joktheel. That’s the name it still has to this day.

2 Chronicles 25:11

Then Amaziah showed how strong he was. He led his army to the Valley of Salt. There he killed 10,000 men of Seir.

2 Chronicles 25:12

The army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. The army of Judah took them to the top of a cliff. Then they threw them down. All of them were smashed to pieces.

Job 20:6

Their pride might reach all the way up to the heavens. Their heads might touch the clouds.

Proverbs 16:18

If you are proud, you will be destroyed. If you are proud, you will fall.

Proverbs 18:12

If a person’s heart is proud, they will be destroyed. So don’t be proud if you want to be honored.

Proverbs 29:23

Pride brings a person low. But those whose spirits are low will be honored.

Isaiah 16:6

We have heard all about Moab’s pride. We have heard how very proud they are. They think they are so much better than others. They brag about themselves. But all their bragging is nothing but empty words.

Jeremiah 21:13

Jerusalem, I am against you,” announces the Lord. “You live above this valley. You are on a high, rocky plain. And you say, ‘Who can come against us? Who can enter our place of safety?’

Jeremiah 37:9

“The Lord says, ‘Do not fool yourselves. You think, “The Babylonians will leave us alone.” But they will not!

Jeremiah 48:28

Leave your towns, you who live in Moab. Go and live among the rocks. Be like a dove that makes its nest at the entrance of a cave.

Jeremiah 49:16

You live in the safety of the rocks. You live on top of the hills. But the terror you stir up has now turned against you. Your proud heart has tricked you. You build your nest as high as an eagle does. But I will bring you down from there,” announces the Lord.

Jeremiah 49:4

Why do you brag about your valleys? You brag that they produce so many crops. Ammon, you are an unfaithful country. You trust in your riches. You say, ‘Who will attack me?’

Ezekiel 28:16

You traded with many nations. You harmed people everywhere. And you sinned. So I sent you away from my mountain in shame. Guardian angel, I drove you away from among the gleaming jewels.

Malachi 1:4

Edom might say, “We have been crushed. But we’ll rebuild our cities.” The Lord who rules over all says, “They might rebuild their cities. But I will destroy them. They will be called the Evil Land. My anger will always remain on them.