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Obad. 3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The pride
zadown (Hebrew #2087)
arrogance
KJV usage: presumptuously, pride, proud (man).
Pronounce: zaw-done'
Origin: from 2102
of thine heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
hath deceived
nasha' (Hebrew #5377)
to lead astray, i.e. (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce
KJV usage: beguile, deceive, X greatly, X utterly.
Pronounce: naw-shaw'
Origin: a primitive root
thee, thou that dwellest
shakan (Hebrew #7931)
to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
Pronounce: shaw-kan'
Origin: a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to 7901 through the idea of lodging; compare 5531, 7925)
in the clefts
chagav (Hebrew #2288)
a rift in rocks
KJV usage: cleft.
Pronounce: khag-awv'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to take refuge
of the rock
cela` (Hebrew #5553)
a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)
KJV usage: (ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.
Pronounce: seh'-lah
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be lofty
, whose habitation
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
is high
marowm (Hebrew #4791)
altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)
KJV usage: (far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.
Pronounce: maw-rome'
Origin: from 7311
; that saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
c in his heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
, Who shall bring me down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
to the ground
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
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Isa. 14:13‑15• 13And thou that didst say in thy heart, I will ascend into the heavens, I will exalt my throne above the stars of *God, and I will sit upon the mount of assembly, in the recesses of the north;
 14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High:
 15none the less art thou brought down to Sheol, to the recesses of the pit. (Isa. 14:13‑15)
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Rev. 18:7• 7So much as she has glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and grief give to her. Because she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and I am not a widow; and I shall in no wise see grief: (Rev. 18:7)

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Ministry on This Verse

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pride.
Prov. 16:18• 18Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. (Prov. 16:18)
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Prov. 18:12• 12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; and before honour goeth humility. (Prov. 18:12)
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Prov. 29:23• 23A man's pride bringeth him low; but the humble in spirit shall obtain honour. (Prov. 29:23)
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Isa. 10:14‑16• 14and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples, and as one gathereth forsaken eggs, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.
 15--Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? As if the rod should wield them that lift it up; as if the staff should lift up him who is not wood!
 16Therefore shall the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness, and under his glory he shall kindle a burning, like the burning of a fire: (Isa. 10:14‑16)
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Isa. 16:6• 6We have heard of the arrogance of Moab,--he is very proud,--of his pride, and his arrogance, and his wrath: his pratings are vain. (Isa. 16:6)
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Jer. 48:29‑30• 29We have heard of the arrogance of Moab,--he is very proud;--his loftiness, and his arrogance, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
 30I know his wrath, saith Jehovah; his pratings are vain: they do not as they say. (Jer. 48:29‑30)
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Jer. 49:16• 16Thy terribleness, the pride of thy heart, hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill. Though thou shouldest make thy nest high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 49:16)
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Mal. 1:4• 4If Edom say, We are broken down, but we will build again the ruined places,--thus saith Jehovah of hosts: They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them the territory of wickedness, and the people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever. (Mal. 1:4)
thou.
2 Kings 14:7• 7He smote of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Sela in the war, and called the name of it Joktheel to this day. (2 Kings 14:7)
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2 Chron. 25:12• 12And the children of Judah took ten thousand captive, alive, and brought them to the top of the cliff, and cast them down from the top of the cliff, so that they all were broken in pieces. (2 Chron. 25:12)
saith.
Isa. 14:13‑15• 13And thou that didst say in thy heart, I will ascend into the heavens, I will exalt my throne above the stars of *God, and I will sit upon the mount of assembly, in the recesses of the north;
 14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High:
 15none the less art thou brought down to Sheol, to the recesses of the pit. (Isa. 14:13‑15)
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Isa. 47:7‑8• 7and thou saidst, I shall be a mistress for ever; so that thou didst not take these things to heart, thou didst not remember the end thereof.
 8And now hear this, thou voluptuous one, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thy heart, It is I, and there is none but me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know loss of children: (Isa. 47:7‑8)
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Jer. 49:4• 4Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys? Thy valley shall flow down, O backsliding daughter, that trusteth in her treasures, saying, Who shall come against me? (Jer. 49:4)
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Rev. 18:7‑8• 7So much as she has glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and grief give to her. Because she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and I am not a widow; and I shall in no wise see grief:
 8for this reason in one day shall her plagues come, death and grief and famine, and she shall be burnt with fire; for strong is the Lord God who has judged her. (Rev. 18:7‑8)
• For as we see pride in Esau from the first, so we see it in the Edomites to the last. They seem to have been after all as mercenary strangers usually are despised by those who served themselves and employed them. (“Obadiah” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The prideg of thy heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high;—he that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

JND Translation Notes

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Or "presumption."