Obadiah

Obadiah 1:3–4

³The pride of your heart has deceived you,

O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks^a

whose habitation is the heights,

who say in your heart,

‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’

⁴Though you soar like the eagle

and make your nest among the stars,

even from there I will bring you down,”

declares the LORD.

Footnotes

a 1:3 Or in the retreats of Sela

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Obadiah 1:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The pride	זְד֤וֹן	zə·ḏō·wn	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2087 insolence, presumptuousness
of your heart	לִבְּךָ֙	lib·bə·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
has deceived you	הִשִּׁיאֶ֔ךָ	hiš·šî·’e·ḵā	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular	H5377 beguile, deceive
O dwellers	שֹׁכְנִ֥י	šō·ḵə·nî	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct	H7931 settle down, abide, dwell
in the clefts	בְחַגְוֵי־	ḇə·ḥaḡ·wê-	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct	H2288 rift in rocks
of the rocks	סֶּ֖לַע	se·la‘	Noun - masculine singular	H5553 crag, cliff
whose habitation is	שִׁבְתּ֑וֹ	šiḇ·tōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H7675 seat, dwelling, place
the heights	מְר֣וֹם	mə·rō·wm	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4791 height
who say	אֹמֵ֣ר	’ō·mêr	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H559 utter, say
in your heart	בְּלִבּ֔וֹ	bə·lib·bōw	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
Who	מִ֥י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
can bring me down	יוֹרִדֵ֖נִי	yō·w·ri·ḏê·nî	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular	H3381 come or go down, descend
to the ground	אָֽרֶץ׃	’ā·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

Obadiah 1:4

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Though	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
you soar	תַּגְבִּ֣יהַּ	taḡ·bî·ah	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H1361 be high, exalted
like the eagle	כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁר	kan·ne·šer	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5404 griffon-vulture, eagle
and make	שִׂ֣ים	śîm	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular	H7760 put, place, set
your nest	קִנֶּ֑ךָ	qin·ne·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7064 nest
among	בֵּ֥ין	bên	Preposition	H996 interval, space between
the stars	כּֽוֹכָבִ֖ים	kō·w·ḵā·ḇîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3556 star
even from there	מִשָּׁ֥ם	miš·šām	Preposition-m; Adverb	H8033 there, thither
I will bring you down	אוֹרִֽידְךָ֖	’ō·w·rî·ḏə·ḵā	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singular	H3381 come or go down, descend
declares	נְאֻם־	nə·’um-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5002 utterance
the LORD	יְהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

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Obadiah 1:3 Isaiah 14:13–15 · Proverbs 29:23 · Jeremiah 49:16 · 2 Kings 14:7 · Isaiah 16:6 · Malachi 1:4 · Isaiah 47:7–8 · Proverbs 16:18

Obadiah 1:4 Habakkuk 2:9 · Amos 9:2 · Job 20:6–7 · Isaiah 14:12–15 · Jeremiah 49:16 · Jeremiah 51:53 · Job 39:27–28

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.