Jeremiah 49:16

The English Standar Version

The horror you inspire has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, you who live in the clefts of the rock,[2] who hold the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle's, I will bring you down from there, declares the LORD.

Cross References

2 Kings 14:7

He struck down ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and took Sela by storm, and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this day.

Job 39:27

Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes his 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 fruits.

Proverbs 29:23

One's pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.

Song of Solomon 2:14

O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies 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 wealth of the peoples; and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken, so I have gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved a wing or opened the mouth or chirped."

Isaiah 2:21

to enter the caverns of the rocks and the clefts of the cliffs, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.

Isaiah 49:25

For thus says the LORD: "Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken, and the prey of the tyrant be rescued, for I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.

Jeremiah 48:14

"How do you say, 'We are heroes and mighty men of war'?

Jeremiah 49:15

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

Jeremiah 50:29

"Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has proudly defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 51:53

Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify her strong height, yet destroyers would come from me against her, declares the LORD.

Amos 9:2

"If they dig into Sheol, from there shall my hand take them; if they climb up to heaven, 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 safe from the reach of harm!

Malachi 1:3

but Esau I have hated. I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert."