 | Henry Paul Measor - 1844 - 302 pages
...heathen : thou art greatly despised. The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that APPENDIX. 271 dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation...ground? Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord," Obad. iii.... | |
 | Edwin Sidney - 1844 - 478 pages
...two hands held, on a scroll, the words — ' The tyrant is fallen.' Under this came a quotation from Obadiah 3, 4, The pride of thine heart hath deceived...habitation is high ; that saith in his heart, Who shall briny me down to the ground ? Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest... | |
 | London St. Giles, Cripplegate - 1844 - 712 pages
...Self-confident. — Edom's thoughts swelled him into a vain confidence of a perpetual prosperity. Obad. 3 : " That saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?" And David sometimes said, in the like state, that he should never be moved. Dan. iv. 30 : " Is not... | |
 | 1846 - 818 pages
...allude to Num. 24: 21 : " placed in a rock is thy nest," ete., in verses 3d and 4th of his prophecy : " thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high," . . . . " though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence... | |
 | Will Jones - 1845 - 720 pages
...the picture were the words, " The tyrant is fallen !" — Then appeared a quotation from Obadiah iii. 4. "The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou...ground ? Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord." Then followed,... | |
 | 1867 - 826 pages
...God concerning Edom : Behold I have made thee small among the heathen : thou art greatly despised. The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou...in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground 1 Though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord," &c. —... | |
 | John Price Durbin - 1845 - 394 pages
...— (Ezek., xxxv.) " Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen : thou art greatly despised. The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou...the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high." — (Obad., i.) The passages in italics are generally referred to the city of Petra. Certainly there... | |
 | 1846 - 486 pages
...heart and an inconsiderate spirit bring upon themselves. How striking are the words of the prophet, " The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou...ground? Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord," Obad. 3.... | |
 | Matthew Hale Smith - 1847 - 422 pages
...be a desolate wilderness. I have made thee small among the heathen, thou art greatly despised. — The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou...the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high. — Shall I not destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau ? —... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1848 - 360 pages
...thence, saith the Lord." f Obadiah, again, declares his message to be " concerning Edom," when he says, "The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou...ground ? ' Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord." J " There... | |
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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 ? Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, And though thou set thy nest... 
