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!”
Obadiah 1:4 - Tree of Life Version Even if you soar like the eagle, and even if you set your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down.’” declares Adonai. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Though you mount on high as the eagle and though you set your nest among the stars, I will bring you down from there, says the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah. Common English Bible Though you soar like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there, says the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version Though you have been lifted high like an eagle, and though you have placed your nest among the stars, from there I will pull you down, says the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Though thou be exalted as an eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars: thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord. |
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!”
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.
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.
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.
Oy to one surely getting unjust gain for his house— to set his nest on high, to escape the reach of calamity!