Jeremiah 49:16

New King James Version

Your fierceness has deceived you, The pride of your heart, 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 killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel to this day.

Job 39:27

Does the eagle mount up at your command, And make its 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

A man’s pride will bring him low, But the humble in spirit will retain honor.

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 your voice is sweet, And your face is lovely.”

Isaiah 10:14

My hand has found like 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 his wing, Nor opened his mouth with even a peep.”

Isaiah 2:21

To go into the clefts of the rocks, And into the crags of the rugged rocks, From the terror of the Lord And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily.

Isaiah 49:25

But thus says the Lord: “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, And the prey of the terrible be delivered; For I will contend with him who contends with you, And I will save your children.

Jeremiah 48:14

“How can you say, ‘We are mighty And strong men for the war’?

Jeremiah 49:15

“For indeed, I will make you small among nations, Despised among men.

Jeremiah 50:29

“Call together the archers against Babylon. All you who bend the bow, encamp against it all around; Let none of them escape. Repay her according to her work; According to all 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 were to mount up to heaven, And though she were to fortify the height of her strength, Yet from Me plunderers would come to her,” says the Lord.

Amos 9:2

“Though they dig into hell, From there My hand shall take them; Though they climb up to heaven, From there I will bring them down;

Habakkuk 2:9

“Woe to him who covets evil gain for his house, That he may set his nest on high, That he may be delivered from the power of disaster!

Malachi 1:3

But Esau I have hated, And laid waste his mountains and his heritage For the jackals of the wilderness.”