Obadiah 4
New King James Version
4 (A)Though you ascend as high as the eagle,
And though you (B)set your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” says the Lord.
Habakkuk 2:9
New King James Version
9 “Woe to him who covets evil gain for his house,
That he may (A)set his nest on high,
That he may be delivered from the [a]power of disaster!
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:9 Lit. hand of evil
Job 20:6-7
New King James Version
6 (A)Though his haughtiness mounts up to the heavens,
And his head reaches to the clouds,
7 Yet he will perish forever like his own refuse;
Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
Amos 9:2
New King James Version
2 “Though(A) they dig into [a]hell,
From there My hand shall take them;
(B)Though they climb up to heaven,
From there I will bring them down;
Footnotes
- Amos 9:2 Or Sheol
Isaiah 14:12-15
New King James Version
The Fall of Lucifer
12 “How(A) you are fallen from heaven,
O [a]Lucifer, son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations!
13 For you have said in your heart:
(B)‘I will ascend into heaven,
(C)I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the (D)mount of the congregation
(E)On the farthest sides of the north;
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
(F)I will be like the Most High.’
15 Yet you (G)shall be brought down to Sheol,
To the [b]lowest depths of the Pit.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 14:12 Lit. Day Star
- Isaiah 14:15 Lit. recesses
Jeremiah 51:53
New King James Version
53 (A)Though Babylon were to [a]mount up to heaven,
And though she were to fortify the height of her strength,
Yet from Me plunderers would come to her,” says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:53 ascend
Jeremiah 49:16
New King James Version
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.
Job 39:27-28
New King James Version
27 Does the (A)eagle mount up at your command,
And (B)make its nest on high?
28 On the rock it dwells and resides,
On the crag of the rock and the stronghold.
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