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Though you exalt yourself as the eagle— (or, your nest) The eagle builds its nest in places nearly inaccessible to man. The Edomites were a …

1-9 .—THE DIVINE HOSTILITY AGAINST EDOM PROCLAIMED.
The vision of Obadiah. —Properly, vision of Obadia…

Jeremiah uses nearly the same words, but the sense of the expression is ambiguous when he says, Lo, little have I set thee. To me, it appe…

Though you exalt [yourself] as the eagle
That soars aloft, flies on high, even out of sight, higher than any other b…

This prophecy is against Edom. Its destruction seems to have been typical, like their father Esau's rejection, and appears to refer to the destruct…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes