Obadiah 1:4 - Exposition

Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle. The Hebrew gives "nest" as the subject of both clauses, thus: "Though thou exaltest … and settest thy nest." Job ( Job 39:27 , Job 39:28 ) speaks of the eagle making its nest in the highest rocks. The metaphor is found in Numbers 24:21 ; Habakkuk 2:9 . Will I bring thee down ( Amos 9:3 ). The seizure of Petra by the Nabathaeans is the judgment referred to in this part of the prophecy; the complete ruin is mentioned later ( Habakkuk 2:18 , etc.).