Obadiah 1:3

New Living Translation

You have been deceived by your own pride because you live in a rock fortress and make your home high in the mountains. ‘Who can ever reach us way up here?’ you ask boastfully.

Cross References

Genesis 36:8

So Esau (also known as Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.

2 Kings 14:7

Amaziah also killed 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He also conquered Sela and changed its name to Joktheel, as it is called to this day.

2 Chronicles 25:11

Then Amaziah summoned his courage and led his army to the Valley of Salt, where they killed 10,000 Edomite troops from Seir.

2 Chronicles 25:12

They captured another 10,000 and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them off, dashing them to pieces on the rocks below.

Job 20:6

Though the pride of the godless reaches to the heavens and their heads touch the clouds,

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.

Proverbs 18:12

Haughtiness goes before destruction; humility precedes honor.

Proverbs 29:23

Pride ends in humiliation, while humility brings honor.

Isaiah 16:6

We have heard about proud Moab— about its pride and arrogance and rage. But all that boasting has disappeared.

Jeremiah 21:13

I will personally fight against the people in Jerusalem, that mighty fortress— the people who boast, “No one can touch us here. No one can break in here.”

Jeremiah 37:9

“This is what the Lord says: Do not fool yourselves into thinking that the Babylonians are gone for good. They aren’t!

Jeremiah 48:28

“You people of Moab, flee from your towns and live in the caves. Hide like doves that nest in the clefts of the rocks.

Jeremiah 49:16

You have been deceived by the fear you inspire in others and by your own pride. You live in a rock fortress and control the mountain heights. But even if you make your nest among the peaks with the eagles, I will bring you crashing down,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 49:4

You are proud of your fertile valleys, but they will soon be ruined. You trusted in your wealth, you rebellious daughter, and thought no one could ever harm you.

Ezekiel 28:16

Your rich commerce led you to violence, and you sinned. So I banished you in disgrace from the mountain of God. I expelled you, O mighty guardian, from your place among the stones of fire.

Malachi 1:4

Esau’s descendants in Edom may say, “We have been shattered, but we will rebuild the ruins.” But the Lord of Heaven’s Armies replies, “They may try to rebuild, but I will demolish them again. Their country will be known as ‘The Land of Wickedness,’ and their people will be called ‘The People with Whom the Lord Is Forever Angry.’