Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Obadiah 1:4 Explained in Context
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Verse 4. 4Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
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Quick Meaning
Answers Edom's imagined height with the LORD's promise to bring it down.
Read It With
- Obadiah 1:1–4
Read verses 3–4 together. Verse 3 voices Edom's imagined security; verse 4 answers it with the LORD's authority to bring the nation down.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The LORD's answer completes the opening height-to-descent reversal and shows that Edom's advantages cannot overrule divine judgment.
What Remains True
No created height exceeds the LORD's authority to call a proud people to account.
How It Can Shape Life
- Hold security with humility, and do not use success or insulation to dismiss evidence of harm.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Obadiah 1:1–4 — The LORD Summons Nations and Brings Proud Edom DownSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Obadiah 1:1–4, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Obadiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew forms, clause boundaries, repeated roots, names, and the base wording behind translation discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2 (commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00), wlc/Obad.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 1:1–4
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Obadiah with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Material translation, syntax, text, date, geography, and uncertainty notes for the unit.
Exact location: NET Bible Obadiah PDF, pp. 1723–1727, translation and notes on 1:1–4
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