Jeremiah 49:16

Tree of Life Version

Your terrorism has deceived you, so that your heart is arrogant. You who live in the clefts of the rock, who occupy the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as an eagle’s, I will bring you down from there.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Cross References

2 Kings 14:7

He struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt, captured Sela in the battle, and renamed it Joktheel, as it is to this day.

Job 39:27

Is it by your command that an eagle soars and builds its nest high?

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the control of the tongue. Those who indulge in it will eat its fruit.

Proverbs 29:23

A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will gain honor.

Song of Solomon 2:14

My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in a secret place along the steep path, let me see your form, let me hear your voice. For your voice is sweet and your form is lovely.”

Isaiah 10:14

My hand found the riches of the peoples as a nest—like gathering forsaken eggs, I have gathered the entire earth. Not a wing fluttered, not a beak opened or chirped!”

Isaiah 2:21

They go into the clefts of the rocks and the crevices of the crags, because of fear of Adonai and the splendor of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth.

Isaiah 49:25

For thus says Adonai: “Yes, captives of the mighty will be taken and the prey of the tyrant will be freed. For I will oppose your adversary. I will save your children.

Jeremiah 48:14

How can you say: ‘We are warriors and men valiant for battle’?

Jeremiah 49:15

For see, I made you least among nations, despised among men.

Jeremiah 50:29

Summon archers to Babylon, all who bend the bow. Encamp against her all around, let no one there escape. Repay her for her deed. As all she has done, do to her. For she was arrogant against Adonai, against the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 51:53

Even if Babylon went up to heaven and even if she fortified the height of her stronghold, from Me destroyers will come to her.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Amos 9:2

If they should dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them. If they should go up to heaven, from there will I bring them down.

Habakkuk 2:9

Oy to one surely getting unjust gain for his house— to set his nest on high, to escape the reach of calamity!

Malachi 1:3

and Esau I hated. I made his hills a wasteland and gave his inheritance to jackals of the wilderness.”