The (A)pride of your heart has deceived you,
You who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
Whose habitation is high;
(B)You who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’

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The pride(A) of your heart has deceived you,
    you who live in the clefts of the rocks[a](B)
    and make your home on the heights,
you who say to yourself,
    ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’(C)

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  1. Obadiah 1:3 Or of Sela

13 For you have said in your heart:
(A)‘I will ascend into heaven,
(B)I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the (C)mount of the congregation
(D)On the farthest sides of the north;
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
(E)I will be like the Most High.’
15 Yet you (F)shall be brought down to Sheol,
To the [a]lowest depths of the Pit.

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  1. Isaiah 14:15 Lit. recesses

13 You said in your heart,
    “I will ascend(A) to the heavens;
I will raise my throne(B)
    above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,(C)
    on the utmost heights(D) of Mount Zaphon.[a]
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;(E)
    I will make myself like the Most High.”(F)
15 But you are brought down(G) to the realm of the dead,(H)
    to the depths(I) of the pit.(J)

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  1. Isaiah 14:13 Or of the north; Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.

16 Your fierceness has deceived you,
The (A)pride of your heart,
O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
Who hold the height of the hill!
(B)Though you make your (C)nest as high as the eagle,
(D)I will bring you down from there,” says the Lord.

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16 The terror you inspire
    and the pride(A) of your heart have deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rocks,(B)
    who occupy the heights of the hill.
Though you build your nest(C) as high as the eagle’s,
    from there I will bring you down,”
declares the Lord.

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We have heard of the (A)pride of Moab—
He is very proud—
Of his haughtiness and his pride and his wrath;
(B)But his [a]lies shall not be so.

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  1. Isaiah 16:6 Lit. vain talk

We have heard of Moab’s(A) pride(B)
    how great is her arrogance!—
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;
    but her boasts are empty.

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

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23 Pride brings a person low,(A)
    but the lowly in spirit gain honor.(B)

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(A)He killed ten thousand Edomites in (B)the Valley of Salt, and took [a]Sela by war, (C)and called its name Joktheel to this day.

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  1. 2 Kings 14:7 Lit. The Rock; the city of Petra

He was the one who defeated ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt(A) and captured Sela(B) in battle, calling it Joktheel, the name it has to this day.

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Even though Edom has said,
“We have been impoverished,
But we will return and build the desolate places,”

Thus says the Lord of hosts:

“They may build, but I will (A)throw down;
They shall be called the Territory of Wickedness,
And the people against whom the Lord will have indignation forever.

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Edom(A) may say, “Though we have been crushed, we will rebuild(B) the ruins.”

But this is what the Lord Almighty says: “They may build, but I will demolish.(C) They will be called the Wicked Land, a people always under the wrath of the Lord.(D)

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And you said, ‘I shall be (A)a lady forever,’
So that you did not (B)take these things to heart,
(C)Nor remember the latter end of them.

“Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures,
Who dwell securely,
Who say in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me;
I shall not sit as a widow,
Nor shall I know the loss of children’;

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You said, ‘I am forever(A)
    the eternal queen!’(B)
But you did not consider these things
    or reflect(C) on what might happen.(D)

“Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure,
    lounging in your security(E)
and saying to yourself,
    ‘I am, and there is none besides me.(F)
I will never be a widow(G)
    or suffer the loss of children.’

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(A)In the measure that she glorified herself and lived [a]luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as (B)queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’ Therefore her plagues will come (C)in one day—death and mourning and famine. And (D)she will be utterly burned with fire, (E)for strong is the Lord God who [b]judges her.

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  1. Revelation 18:7 sensually
  2. Revelation 18:8 NU, M has judged

Give her as much torment and grief
    as the glory and luxury she gave herself.(A)
In her heart she boasts,
    ‘I sit enthroned as queen.
I am not a widow;[a]
    I will never mourn.’(B)
Therefore in one day(C) her plagues will overtake her:
    death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,(D)
    for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.

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  1. Revelation 18:7 See Isaiah 47:7,8.

Why (A)do you boast in the valleys,
[a]Your flowing valley, O (B)backsliding daughter?
Who trusted in her (C)treasures, (D)saying,
‘Who will come against me?’

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  1. Jeremiah 49:4 Lit. Your valley is flowing

Why do you boast of your valleys,
    boast of your valleys so fruitful?
Unfaithful Daughter Ammon,(A)
    you trust in your riches(B) and say,
    ‘Who will attack me?’(C)

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29 “We have heard the (A)pride of Moab
(He is exceedingly proud),
Of his loftiness and arrogance and (B)pride,
And of the haughtiness of his heart.”

30 “I know his wrath,” says the Lord,
“But it is not right;
(C)His [a]lies have made nothing right.

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  1. Jeremiah 48:30 idle talk

29 “We have heard of Moab’s pride(A)
    how great is her arrogance!—
of her insolence, her pride, her conceit
    and the haughtiness(B) of her heart.
30 I know her insolence but it is futile,”
declares the Lord,
    “and her boasts(C) accomplish nothing.

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14 (A)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.”

15 Shall (B)the ax boast itself against him who chops with it?
Or shall the saw exalt itself against him who saws with it?
As if a rod could wield itself against those who lift it up,
Or as if a staff could lift up, as if it were not wood!
16 Therefore the Lord, the [a]Lord of hosts,
Will send leanness among his fat ones;
And under his glory
He will kindle a burning
Like the burning of a fire.

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  1. Isaiah 10:16 So with Bg.; MT, DSS YHWH (the Lord)

14 As one reaches into a nest,(A)
    so my hand reached for the wealth(B) of the nations;
as people gather abandoned eggs,
    so I gathered all the countries;(C)
not one flapped a wing,
    or opened its mouth to chirp.(D)’”

15 Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,
    or the saw boast against the one who uses it?(E)
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up,
    or a club(F) brandish the one who is not wood!
16 Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will send a wasting disease(G) upon his sturdy warriors;(H)
under his pomp(I) a fire(J) will be kindled
    like a blazing flame.

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12 (A)Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty,
And before honor is humility.

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12 Before a downfall the heart is haughty,
    but humility comes before honor.(A)

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