The arroganceזְדוֹןof your heartלִבְּךָhas deceived you,הִשִּׁיאֶךָyou who dwellשֹׁכְנִיin the cleftsבְחַגְוֵיof the rock,סֶּלַעin the heightמְרוֹםof his dwelling,שִׁבְתּוֹwho saysאֹמֵרin his heart,בְּלִבּוֹ“Whoמִיwill bring me downיוֹרִדֵנִיto the earth?”אָרֶץ
Obadiah 1:3
Study it in the app“The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, in the height of his dwelling, who says in his heart, “Who will bring me down to the earth?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Obadiah 1:3, word by word
- The arroganceזְדוֹןzedon
presumption, arrogance
Presumption, arrogance: daring to act on one's own against what was commanded.
Where else “zedon” appears- of your heartלִבְּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- has deceived youהִשִּׁיאֶhishie
deceive
To make someone believe something false.
Where else “hishie” appears- you who dwellשֹׁכְנִיshochni
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “shochni” appears- in the cleftsחַגְוֵיchagve
cleft
A cleft in the rock.
Where else “chagve” appears- of the rockסֶּלַעsela
crag
A great mountain stone, a place of refuge.
Where else “sela” appears- in the heightמְרוֹםmerom
height
What is on high: the height, the highest heaven.
Where else “merom” appears- of his dwellingשִׁבְתּshivt
seat, dwelling
Seat, place where someone is or stays; the act of sitting or dwelling. In 2 Samuel 23:7 its sense is uncertain ("in their place").
Where else “shivt” appears- who saysאֹמֵרomer
think
To speak inwardly without saying it aloud; to think.
Where else “omer” appears- will bring me downיוֹרִדֵyoride
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “yoride” appears- to the earthאָרֶץarets
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
2Look, small I have made you among the nations; despised are you greatly.
3 · This verse (above)
4Though you soar high like the eagle, and though among the stars your nest is set, from there I will bring you down, declares YHWH.