| 1843 - 784 pągines
...I shall be like to the Most High." Whence, also, it is said to him, " Though thou be exalted as an eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord" (Abdias civ iv.). " Moreover, what the lion is among the beasts, the eagle is among the birds " ( Comm.... | |
| George Rapall Noyes - 1837 - 316 pągines
...Who sayest in thine heart, " Who shall bring me down to the ground? " 4 Though thou lift thyself up as the eagle, And though thou set thy nest among the stars, Thence will I bring thee down, saith Jehovah, s Have thieves come upon thee, Have robbers by night? But would they not cease stealing, when... | |
| Henry Paul Measor - 1844 - 302 pągines
...The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that APPENDIX. 271 dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high ; that saith in his...stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord," Obad. iii. 4. And Jeremiah, Joel, Ezekiel, and, indeed, most of the Jewish prophets were commissioned... | |
| 1846 - 818 pągines
...his prophecy : " thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high," . . . . " though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though...stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord." Compare also verses 17 — 19 of Obadiah with Num. 24: 18, 19, and see note on those verses, p. 725... | |
| London St. Giles, Cripplegate - 1844 - 712 pągines
...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... | |
| Edwin Sidney - 1844 - 478 pągines
...Obadiah 3, 4, 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 briny me down to the ground ? Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest... | |
| Will Jones - 1845 - 720 pągines
...Obadiah iii. 4. "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...stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord." Then followed, " Be wise now, therefore, O ye kings; be instructed, ye judges of the earth," Psalm... | |
| 1867 - 826 pągines
...greatly despised. 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 1 Though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord," &c. —... | |
| 1846 - 486 pągines
...the prophet, " 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...stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord," Obad. 3. My visit to the cottage has done me good, and I look back to it with thankfulness and pleasure.... | |
| John William Burgon - 1846 - 74 pągines
...DWZLLEST IS THE CLEFTS OF THE BOCK, WHOSE HABITATION 18 HIGH ; THAT SAITH IN HIS HEART, WHO SHALL BRING HE DOWN TO THE GROUND ? " THOUGH THOU EXALT THYSELF AS...STARS, THENCE WILL I BRING THEE DOWN, SAITH THE LORD." O«*DI*H. etr a. SPIRIT of Song ! that oft at dewy eve, When Elfin sprites their frolic dances weave,... | |
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