Obadiah 4
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4 Though you soar aloft like the eagle,
though your nest is set among the stars,
from there I will bring you down,
declares the Lord.
Habakkuk 2:9
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9 (A)“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
(B)to (C)set his nest on high,
to be safe from the reach of harm!
Job 20:6-7
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6 (A)Though his height mount up to the heavens,
and his head reach to the clouds,
7 he will perish forever like his own (B)dung;
those who have seen him will say, (C)‘Where is he?’
Amos 9:2
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2 (A)“If they dig into Sheol,
from there shall my hand take them;
(B)if they climb up to heaven,
from there I will bring them down.
Isaiah 14:12-15
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12 “How (A)you are fallen from heaven,
O Day Star, (B)son of Dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
you who laid the nations low!
13 You said in your heart,
(C)‘I will ascend to heaven;
above the stars of God
(D)I will set my throne on high;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
in the far reaches of the north;[a]
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.’
15 (E)But you are brought down to Sheol,
to the far reaches of the pit.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 14:13 Or in the remote parts of Zaphon
Jeremiah 51:53
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53 Though Babylon should (A)mount up to heaven,
and though she should (B)fortify her strong height,
yet destroyers would come from me against her,
declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 49:16
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16 The horror you inspire has deceived you,
and the pride of your heart,
you who live in the clefts of the rock,[a]
who hold the height of the hill.
Though you (A)make your nest as high as the eagle's,
I will bring you down from there,
declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 49:16 Or of Sela
Job 39:27-28
English Standard Version
27 Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up
and makes his (A)nest on high?
28 On the rock he dwells and makes his home,
on (B)the rocky crag and stronghold.
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