Obadiah 1:3

Obadiah 1:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
• New International Version (NIV)The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks and make your home on the heights, you who say to yourself, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
• English Standard Version (ESV)The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, in your lofty dwelling, who say in your heart, "Who will bring me down to the ground?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)The pride of your heart has deceived you, You who dwell in the clefts of the rock, Whose habitation is high; You who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’

Context of Obadiah 1:3

1The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord God says concerning Edom-- We have heard a report from the Lord, And a messenger has been sent among the nations saying, “Arise, and let’s go up against her for battle”-- 2“Behold, I will make you small among the nations; You are greatly despised. The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, The one who lives in the clefts of the rock, On the height of his dwelling place, Who says in his heart, ‘Who will bring me down to earth?’ 4Though you make your home high like the eagle, Though you set your nest among the stars, From there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord. 5“If thieves came to you, If robbers by night-- Oh how you will be ruined!-- Would they not steal only until they had enough? If grape-pickers came to you, Would they not leave some gleanings?

Obadiah 1:3 word by word

זְד֤וֹן לִבְּךָ֙ הִשִּׁיאֶ֔ךָ שֹׁכְנִ֥י בְחַגְוֵי־סֶּ֖לַע מְר֣וֹם שִׁבְתּ֑וֹ אֹמֵ֣ר בְּלִבּ֔וֹ מִ֥י יוֹרִדֵ֖נִי אָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

• arroganceזָדוֹןzâdôn · arroganceH2087
• of your heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• has deceivedנָשָׁאnâshâ' · to exactH5378
• The one who livesשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
• in the cleftsחֲגָוִיםchăgâv · cleftH2288
• rockסֶ֫לַעsela‛ · cragH5553
• heightמָרוֹםmârôm · heightH4791
• of his dwellingשֶׁ֫בֶתshebeth · seatH7675
• Who saysאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Whoמִיmîy · who?H4310
• will bringיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• to earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776

Cross-references for Obadiah 1:3

• Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before stumbling.
• Proverbs 18:12Before destruction the heart of a person is haughty, But humility goes before honor.
• Proverbs 29:23A person’s pride will bring him low, But a humble spirit will obtain honor.
• Isaiah 10:14And my hand reached to the riches of the peoples like a nest, And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth; And there was not one that flapped its wing, opened its beak, or chirped.”
• Isaiah 16:6We have heard of the pride of Moab, an excessive pride; Even of his arrogance, pride, and fury; His idle boasts are false.
• Jeremiah 48:29We have heard of the pride of Moab--he is very proud-- Of his haughtiness, his pride, his arrogance, and his self-exaltation.
• Jeremiah 49:16As for the terror you cause, The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, You who live in the clefts of the rock, Who occupy the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as an eagle’s, I will bring you down from there,” declares the Lord.
• Malachi 1:4Though Edom says, “We have been beaten down, but we will return and build up the ruins”; this is what the Lord of armies says: “They may build, but I will tear down; and people will call them the territory of wickedness, and the people with whom the Lord is indignant forever.”
• 2 Kings 14:7He killed ten thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and named it Joktheel, as it is to this day.
• 2 Chronicles 25:12The sons of Judah also captured ten thousand alive and brought them to the top of the cliff, and threw them down from the top of the cliff so that they were all dashed to pieces.
• Isaiah 14:13But you said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, And I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the north.
• Isaiah 47:7Yet you said, ‘I will be a queen forever.’ These things you did not consider Nor remember the outcome of them.
• Jeremiah 49:4How you boast about the valleys! Your valley is flowing away, You backsliding daughter Who trusts in her treasures, saying, ‘Who can come against me?’
• Revelation 18:7To the extent that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, to the same extent give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as a queen and I am not a widow, and will never see mourning.’

Commentaries on Obadiah 1:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The pride of thine heart - St. Jerome observes that all the southern part of Palestine, from Eleutheropolis to Petra and Aialath, was full of caverns hewn out of the rocks, and that the people had subterranean dwellings similar to ovens. Here they are said to dwell in the clefts of the rock, in reference to the caverns above mentioned. In these they conceived themselves to be safe, and thought that no power brought against them could dislodge them from…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee - Not the strength of its mountain-fastnesses, strong though they were, deceived Edom, but “the pride of his heart.” That strength was but the occasion which called forth the “pride.” Yet, it was strong in its abode. God, as it were, admits it to them. “Dweller in the clefts of the rocks, the loftiness of his habitation.” “The whole southern country of the Edomites,” says Jerome, “from Eleutheropolis to Petra and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-4I will make you small: Several messages of judgment describe Edom’s specific sins against Israel (Obadiah 1:10–14; Jeremiah 49:7–22; Ezekiel 25:12–14; 36:5). Edom often appears among the nations that opposed Israel and the Lord (Isaiah 34; Ezekiel 35–36; Amos 9:1–15). small among the nations … The pride of your heart: Edom’s rocky landscape reflected the pride of its people. Just as their land was high and difficult to reach, the people of Edom thought…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. clefts of ... rock--(So 2:14; Jr 48:28). The cities of Edom, and among them Petra (Hebrew, sela, meaning "rock," 2Ki 14:7, Margin), the capital, in the Wady Musa, consisted of houses mostly cut in the rocks.Read the comment

Topics related to Obadiah 1:3

• Character
• Confidence
• Deceit
• Pride
• Rock
• Security
• Self-Exaltation

In the dictionaries

• Cave
• Sela
• Obadiah, Book of

Commentaries on Obadiah 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings