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Though you build your nest as high as the eagle&#8217s, from there I will bring you down,&#8221 declares the LORD. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/49.htm">New Living Translation</a> You have been deceived by the fear you inspire in others and by your own pride. You live in a rock fortress and control the mountain heights. But even if you make your nest among the peaks with the eagles, I will bring you crashing down,” says the LORD. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/49.htm">English Standard Version</a> The horror you inspire has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, you who live in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle’s, I will bring you down from there, declares the LORD. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/49.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/49.htm">King James Bible</a> Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/49.htm">New King James Version</a> Your fierceness has deceived you, The pride of your heart, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, Who hold the height of the hill! Though you make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there,” says the LORD. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/49.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “As 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. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/49.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220As for the terror of you, The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, O 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&#8217s, I will bring you down from there,&#8221 declares the LORD. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/49.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “As for the terror of you, The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, O 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. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/49.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> As for the terror of you, The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, Who seize the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as an eagle’s, I will bring you down from there,” declares Yahweh. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/49.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “As for Your terror, The pride and arrogance of your heart have deceived you, O you who live in the clefts of the rock (Sela also called Petra), Who hold and occupy the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle’s, I will bring you down from there,” says the LORD. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/49.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> As to the terror you cause, your arrogant heart has deceived you. You who live in the clefts of the rock, you who occupy the mountain summit, though you elevate your nest like the eagles, even from there I will bring you down. This is the LORD’s declaration. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/49.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> As to the terror you cause, your presumptuous heart has deceived you. You who live in the clefts of the rock, you who occupy the mountain summit, though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down. This is the LORD&#8217s declaration. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/49.htm">American Standard Version</a> As for thy terribleness, the pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/49.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Pride tricks you into thinking that other nations look at you with fear. You live along the cliffs and high in the mountains like the eagles, but I am the LORD, and I will bring you down. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/49.htm">English Revised Version</a> As for thy terribleness, the pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD; <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/49.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> You have frightened other people. Your arrogance has deceived you. You live on rocky cliffs and occupy the highest places in the hills. Even though you build your nest as high as an eagle, I will bring you down from there," declares the LORD. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/49.htm">Good News Translation</a> Your pride has deceived you. No one fears you as much as you think they do. You live on the rocky cliffs, high on top of the mountain; but even though you live as high up as an eagle, the LORD will bring you down. The LORD has spoken." <a href="/isv/jeremiah/49.htm">International Standard Version</a> The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you. You who live in hidden places in the rocks, who hold on to the heights of the hill, although you make your nest high like the eagle, I'll bring you down from there," declares the LORD. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/49.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,? declares the LORD. <a href="/net/jeremiah/49.htm">NET Bible</a> The terror you inspire in others and the arrogance of your heart have deceived you. You may make your home in the clefts of the rocks; you may occupy the highest places in the hills. But even if you made your home where the eagles nest, I would bring you down from there," says the LORD. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/49.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> As for your terror, the pride of your heart has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill: though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there," says the LORD. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/49.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thy heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the hight of the hill: though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD. <a href="/web/jeremiah/49.htm">World English Bible</a> As for your terror, the pride of your heart has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill, though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there,” says Yahweh. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/49.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Your terribleness has lifted you up, "" The pride of your heart, "" O dweller in clefts of the rock, "" Holding the high place of the height, "" For you make your nest high as an eagle, "" From there I bring you down, "" A declaration of YHWH. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/49.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Thy terribleness hath lifted thee up, The pride of thy heart, O dweller in clefts of the rock, Holding the high place of the height, For thou makest high as an eagle thy nest, From thence I bring thee down, An affirmation of Jehovah. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/49.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Thy terror deceived thee, the pride of thy heart, thou dwelling in the asylums of the rock, holding the height of the hill: if thou shalt make thy nest high as the eagle, from thence will I bring thee down, says Jehovah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/49.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thy arrogancy hath deceived thee, and the pride of thy heart: O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, and endeavourest to lay hold on the height of the hill : but though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as an eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/49.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Your arrogance has deceived you, by the pride of your heart, you who live in the caverns of the rock and who strive to take hold of the height of the hill. But even if you make your nest like that of an eagle, I will pull you down from there, says the Lord. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/49.htm">New American Bible</a> The terror you spread, the pride of your heart, beguiled you. You denizens of rocks and crevices, occupying towering peaks: Though you build your nest high as the eagle, from there I will bring you down—oracle of the LORD. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/49.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The terror you inspire and the pride of your heart have deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Although you make your nest as high as the eagle’s, from there I will bring you down, says the LORD.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/49.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Your wickedness has deceived you, and the pride of your heart. O you that dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill; who say in your hearts, Who can bring us down to the ground? though you make your nest among the stars, and though you make your nest as high as the eagle's, I will bring you down from there, says the LORD. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/49.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Your evil and the pride of your heart has deceived you who dwell on the cliffs of stone and hold on the high place of the hills. And he said in his heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?” If among the stars you put your nest, and if you exalt your nest as the eagle, from there I shall bring you down, says LORD JEHOVAH<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/49.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, Even the pride of thy heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, That holdest the height of the hill; Though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/49.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Thine insolence has risen up against thee, the fierceness of thine heart has burst the holes of the rocks, it has seized upon the strength of a lofty hill; for as an eagle he set his nest on high: thence will I bring thee down. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/49-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=14905" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/49.htm">The Judgment on Edom</a> …15“For behold, I will make you small among nations, despised among men. 16<a href="/hebrew/8606.htm" title="8606: tip̄·laṣ·tə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- A shuddering, horror. From palats; fearfulness.">The terror you cause</a> <a href="/hebrew/2087.htm" title="2087: zə·ḏō·wn (N-msc) -- Insolence, presumptuousness. From zuwd; arrogance.">and the pride of your</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lib·be·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/5377.htm" title="5377: hiš·šî (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- To lend on interest, be a creditor. A primitive root; to lead astray, i.e. to delude, or to seduce.">have deceived</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯāḵ (DirObjM:: 2ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7931.htm" title="7931: šō·ḵə·nî (V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc) -- A primitive root (by transmission) to shakab through the idea of lodging; compare cikluwth, shakam); to reside or permanently stay.">O dwellers</a> <a href="/hebrew/2288.htm" title="2288: bə·ḥaḡ·wê (Prep-b:: N-mpc) -- Places of concealment, retreats. From an unused root meaning to take refuge; a rift in rocks.">in the clefts</a> <a href="/hebrew/5553.htm" title="5553: has·se·la‘ (Art:: N-ms) -- A crag, cliff. From an unused root meaning to be lofty; a craggy rock, literally or figuratively.">of the rocks,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8610.htm" title="8610: tō·p̄ə·śî (V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc) -- A primitive root; to manipulate, i.e. Seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably.">O occupiers</a> <a href="/hebrew/1389.htm" title="1389: giḇ·‘āh (N-fs) -- A hill. Feminine from the same as Geba'; a hillock.">of the mountain</a> <a href="/hebrew/4791.htm" title="4791: mə·rō·wm (N-msc) -- Height. From ruwm; altitude, i.e. Concretely, abstractly (elation), or adverbially (aloft).">summit.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">Though</a> <a href="/hebrew/1361.htm" title="1361: ṯaḡ·bî·ha (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms) -- To soar, be lofty, to be haughty. A primitive root; to soar, i.e. Be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty.">you elevate</a> <a href="/hebrew/7064.htm" title="7064: qin·ne·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A nest. Contracted from qanan; a nest, sometimes including the nestlings; figuratively, a chamber or dwelling.">your nest</a> <a href="/hebrew/5404.htm" title="5404: kan·ne·šer (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- An eagle. From an unused root meaning to lacerate; the eagle.">like the eagle,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: miš·šām (Prep-m:: Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">even from there</a> <a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: ’ō·w·rî·ḏə·ḵā (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs:: 2ms) -- To come or go down, descend. ">I will bring you down,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um- (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD.</a> 17“Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/obadiah/1-3.htm">Obadiah 1:3-4</a> The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’ / Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD. <a href="/isaiah/14-13.htm">Isaiah 14:13-15</a> You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. / I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” / But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit. <a href="/ezekiel/35-3.htm">Ezekiel 35:3-5</a> and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste. / I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD. / Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment, <a href="/isaiah/2-12.htm">Isaiah 2:12-17</a> For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled— / against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan, / against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills, ... <a href="/proverbs/16-18.htm">Proverbs 16:18</a> Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. <a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19-22</a> And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. / She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there. / But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about. ... <a href="/isaiah/34-11.htm">Isaiah 34:11-15</a> The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction. / No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing. / Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches. ... <a href="/ezekiel/25-12.htm">Ezekiel 25:12-14</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt, / therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword. / I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.’ <a href="/malachi/1-3.htm">Malachi 1:3-4</a> but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.” / Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever. <a href="/isaiah/47-10.htm">Isaiah 47:10-11</a> You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’ / But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly. <a href="/isaiah/10-12.htm">Isaiah 10:12-14</a> So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes. / For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers. / My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’” <a href="/isaiah/14-22.htm">Isaiah 14:22-23</a> “I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD. / “I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/isaiah/33-16.htm">Isaiah 33:16</a> he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured. <a href="/isaiah/26-5.htm">Isaiah 26:5</a> For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust. <a href="/isaiah/2-10.htm">Isaiah 2:10-11</a> Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty. / The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Your terribleness has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, O you that dwell in the clefts of the rock, that hold the height of the hill: though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, said the LORD.terribleness<a href="/jeremiah/48-29.htm">Jeremiah 48:29</a> We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.<a href="/proverbs/16-18.htm">Proverbs 16:18</a> Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.<a href="/proverbs/18-21.htm">Proverbs 18:21</a> Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.dwellest<a href="/songs/2-14.htm">Song of Solomon 2:14</a> O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.<a href="/isaiah/2-21.htm">Isaiah 2:21</a> To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.though<a href="/jeremiah/48-28.htm">Jeremiah 48:28</a> O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.<a href="/job/39-27.htm">Job 39:27</a> Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?<a href="/isaiah/14-13.htm">Isaiah 14:13-15</a> For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/16-16.htm">Clefts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/42-20.htm">Deceived</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-8.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-18.htm">Dwellest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-40.htm">Eagle</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-41.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-29.htm">Height</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-35.htm">High</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-12.htm">Hight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-13.htm">Hill</a> <a href="/jeremiah/37-14.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-18.htm">Holdest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-28.htm">Nest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-4.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-28.htm">Rock</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-7.htm">Shouldest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-9.htm">Shouldst</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-21.htm">Terribleness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-5.htm">Terror</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-12.htm">Thence</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/amos/6-11.htm">Clefts</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-19.htm">Deceived</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-18.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-13.htm">Dwellest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-22.htm">Eagle</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-22.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-53.htm">Height</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-9.htm">High</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-53.htm">Hight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-6.htm">Hill</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-24.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-13.htm">Holdest</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-4.htm">Nest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-19.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-26.htm">Rock</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-12.htm">Shouldest</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-12.htm">Shouldst</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-8.htm">Terribleness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-24.htm">Terror</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-38.htm">Thence</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 49</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/49-1.htm">The judgment of the Ammonites</a> 6. <a href="/jeremiah/49-6.htm">Their restoration</a> 7. <a href="/jeremiah/49-7.htm">The judgment of Edom</a> 23. <a href="/jeremiah/49-23.htm">of Damascus</a> 28. <a href="/jeremiah/49-28.htm">of Kedar</a> 30. <a href="/jeremiah/49-30.htm">of Hazor</a> 34. <a href="/jeremiah/49-34.htm">and of Elam</a> 39. <a href="/jeremiah/49-39.htm">The restoration of Elam</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "terror" they caused refers to their aggressive and violent actions against neighboring nations, including Judah. Pride is a recurring theme in the Bible, often leading to downfall (<a href="/proverbs/16-18.htm">Proverbs 16:18</a>). The Edomites' self-deception is a result of their overconfidence in their military strength and strategic location.O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks The Edomites lived in a mountainous region, with Petra being a notable city carved into rock cliffs. This geographical setting gave them a false sense of security, believing their natural fortifications made them invulnerable to attack. The imagery of dwelling in rock clefts symbolizes their perceived impregnability, yet it also highlights their isolation and eventual vulnerability.O occupiers of the mountain summit This phrase emphasizes the Edomites' strategic advantage due to their high-altitude settlements. Mountains in biblical literature often symbolize strength and stability (<a href="/psalms/125-2.htm">Psalm 125:2</a>). However, the Edomites' reliance on their elevated position reflects their misplaced trust in earthly defenses rather than in God.Though you elevate your nest like the eagle The eagle is a symbol of power and freedom, often associated with high and inaccessible places (<a href="/obadiah/1-4.htm">Obadiah 1:4</a>). The Edomites' attempt to "elevate" themselves signifies their ambition and desire for dominance. This imagery also connects to the theme of pride, as they sought to rise above others, much like the builders of the Tower of Babel (<a href="/genesis/11-4.htm">Genesis 11:4</a>).Even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD This is a divine pronouncement of judgment, underscoring God's sovereignty over all nations. Despite the Edomites' efforts to secure themselves, God promises to humble them, illustrating the biblical principle that God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble (<a href="/james/4-6.htm">James 4:6</a>). This prophecy was fulfilled historically when the Edomites were conquered and absorbed by other nations, demonstrating the certainty of God's word.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/edomites.htm">Edomites</a> The descendants of Esau, living in the region south of the Dead Sea. Known for their pride and strategic mountain fortresses. 2. <a href="/topical/c/clefts_of_the_rocks.htm">Clefts of the Rocks</a> Refers to the natural fortifications in the mountainous region of Edom, symbolizing security and pride. 3. <a href="/topical/e/eagle.htm">Eagle</a> A metaphor for the high and seemingly secure position of Edom, symbolizing their arrogance and false sense of invulnerability. 4. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> The prophet delivering God's message of judgment against Edom. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The sovereign God who declares judgment and demonstrates His power over nations.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_deception_of_pride.htm">The Deception of Pride</a> Pride can blind us to our vulnerabilities and lead us to trust in false securities. We must remain humble and recognize our dependence on God. <a href="/topical/f/false_security.htm">False Security</a> Like the Edomites, we may place our trust in worldly strengths or positions. True security is found only in God. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a> No matter how high we elevate ourselves, God is sovereign and can humble the proud. We should live in reverence and submission to His authority. <a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_accountability.htm">Judgment and Accountability</a> God's judgment on Edom serves as a reminder that we are accountable for our actions and attitudes. We must examine our hearts and align them with God's will. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_humility.htm">The Call to Humility</a> Embrace humility as a virtue that aligns us with God's grace and protection, avoiding the pitfalls of pride.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_49.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 49</a> <a href="/q/will_edom's_pride_cause_its_downfall.htm">Will Edom's pride lead to its ultimate downfall?</a> <a href="/q/what_prompted_god's_judgment_on_edom.htm">What prompted God's judgment on Edom?</a> <a href="/q/gad's_visions_and_prophecies.htm">What does the Bible say about Damascus's destruction?</a> <a href="/q/was_paul_the_apostle_jewish.htm">What is Edom's significance in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/49.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) Thy terribleness hath deceived thee.--The substantive does not occur elsewhere. Etymo-logically it may mean "terror of," or "object of terror;" but a cognate word is found in <a href="/1_kings/15-13.htm" title="And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.">1Kings 15:13</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/15-16.htm" title="And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.">2Chronicles 15:16</a> in the sense of an "idol," probably of the Phallic or Priapus type, and that is probably the meaning. Such an idol is called scornfully the horror of Edom, just as the God of Israel was "the fear of Isaac" (<a href="/genesis/31-42.htm" title="Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely you had sent me away now empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.">Genesis 31:42</a>). So Milton speaks of Chemosh as the "obscene dread of Moab's sons" (Par. Lost, I. 406.)O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock.--Better, perhaps, in the fortresses of Sela. The words describe with a wonderful vividness the aspect of the rock-fortresses of Edom, the cities built into a ravine. The remains of Petra (the Sela of <a href="/2_kings/14-7.htm" title="He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel to this day.">2Kings 14:7</a>; <a href="/isaiah/16-1.htm" title="Send you the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, to the mount of the daughter of Zion.">Isaiah 16:1</a>), commonly referred to as illustrating this description, are, it must be remembered, of Roman origin; but there can be little doubt that it occupied the site of an earlier city, and that there were other fortresses, even more like the eagle's nest, perched upon the summit of the crags. In <a href="/context/job/39-27.htm" title="Does the eagle mount up at your command, and make her nest on high?">Job 39:27-30</a> we have a picture of the eagle's nest drawn by a writer who was probably familiar with these rock fortresses. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/49.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 16. - Thy terribleness. This is certainly the best rendering of this ἅπαξ λεγόμενον. The "terribleness" of Edom consisted in the fact that the other nations shrank from disturbing her in her rocky fastness. In the clefts of the rock. Probably with an allusion to the rock city Sela, or Petra ("rock"); as perhaps in "the height of the hill" to the situation of Bozrah; see on ver. 13 (Graf). As the eagle. Not any eagle is meant, but the griffon (Gypsfulvus), or great vulture (Tristram). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/49-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>The terror you cause תִּֽפְלַצְתְּךָ֞ (tip̄·laṣ·tə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8606.htm">Strong's 8606: </a> A shuddering, horror and the pride of your זְד֣וֹן (zə·ḏō·wn) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2087.htm">Strong's 2087: </a> Insolence, presumptuousness heart לִבֶּ֔ךָ (lib·be·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre have deceived הִשִּׁ֤יא (hiš·šî) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5377.htm">Strong's 5377: </a> To lead astray, to delude, to seduce you, אֹתָךְ֙ (’ō·ṯāḵ) Direct object marker | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case O dwellers שֹֽׁכְנִי֙ (šō·ḵə·nî) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7931.htm">Strong's 7931: </a> To settle down, abide, dwell in the clefts בְּחַגְוֵ֣י (bə·ḥaḡ·wê) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2288.htm">Strong's 2288: </a> Places of concealment, retreats of the rocks, הַסֶּ֔לַע (has·se·la‘) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5553.htm">Strong's 5553: </a> A craggy rock O occupiers תֹּפְשִׂ֖י (tō·p̄ə·śî) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8610.htm">Strong's 8610: </a> To manipulate, seize, chiefly to capture, wield, to overlay, to use unwarrantably of the mountain גִּבְעָ֑ה (giḇ·‘āh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1389.htm">Strong's 1389: </a> A hillock summit. מְר֣וֹם (mə·rō·wm) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4791.htm">Strong's 4791: </a> Altitude Though כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction you elevate תַגְבִּ֤יהַ (ṯaḡ·bî·ha) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1361.htm">Strong's 1361: </a> To soar, be lofty, to be haughty your nest קִנֶּ֔ךָ (qin·ne·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7064.htm">Strong's 7064: </a> A nest, the nestlings, a chamber, dwelling like the eagle, כַּנֶּ֙שֶׁר֙ (kan·ne·šer) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5404.htm">Strong's 5404: </a> The eagle even from there מִשָּׁ֥ם (miš·šām) Preposition-m | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> There, then, thither I will bring you down,” אֽוֹרִידְךָ֖ (’ō·w·rî·ḏə·ḵā) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> To come or go down, descend declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> An oracle the LORD. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - 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