The (A)arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
The one who lives in the clefts of [a]the (B)rock,
On the height of his dwelling place,
Who says in his heart,
(C)Who will bring me down to earth?’
Though you (D)make your home high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the (E)stars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.
“If (F)thieves came to you,
If [b]robbers by night—
Oh how you will be ruined!—
Would they not steal only [c]until they had enough?
If grape-pickers came to you,
(G)Would they not leave some gleanings?

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:3 Or Sela
  2. Obadiah 1:5 Lit devastators of the night
  3. Obadiah 1:5 Lit their sufficiency

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)
Though you soar like the eagle
    and make your nest(D) among the stars,
    from there I will bring you down,”(E)
declares the Lord.(F)
“If thieves came to you,
    if robbers in the night—
oh, what a disaster awaits you!—
    would they not steal only as much as they wanted?
If grape pickers came to you,
    would they not leave a few grapes?(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:3 Or of Sela