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The (A)arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
You who dwell in the clefts of [a]the (B)cliff,
In the height of your habitation,
Who says in his heart,
(C)Who will bring me down to earth?’
Though you (D)build loftily like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the (E)stars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares Yahweh.
“If (F)thieves came to you,
If [b]robbers by night—
Oh how you will be ruined!—
Would they not thieve only [c]until they had enough?
If grape gatherers came to you,
(G)Would they not allow some gleanings to remain?

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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