Obadiah

The pride of your heart has deceived you,
You who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
Whose habitation is high;
You who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’
4 Though you ascend as high as the eagle,
And though you set your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” says the Lord. vv.3-4

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Obadiah means servant of Jehovah.  This one chapter book is written about the Edomites.  The tribe of Edom that came from Esau who was Jacob's twin brother.  Through Jacob came the twelve tribes of Israel, God's chosen people.  Esau's descendants would become a numerous people as well, but they did not have Jehovah on their side.  Hundreds of years later we come to this book of Obadiah that was written around the same time Judah when into captivity under Jeohiachin's reign.  The pride of the Edomites seems to be their downfall.  Not only the pride of the hearts but the pride of their physical location and ability.  They dwelt in Mt. Seir where they thought they could never be defeated because of their location.  They are compared to ascending as high as an eagle who is the bird that can fly the highest of all birds.  Well no matter how high they were above everyone else though, the Lord can and did bring them down.  Nothing is too high for God.  What dangerous heights of your pride are you on?  When has the Lord or someone else brought you down from high pride?