16 As to the terror you cause,[a]
your arrogant heart has deceived you.
You who live in the clefts of the rock,[b]
you who occupy the mountain summit,
though you elevate your nest like the eagles,
even from there I will bring you down.
This is the Lord’s declaration.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 49:16 Lit Your horror
  2. 49:16 = Petra

Though you seem to soar[a] like an eagle(A)
and make your nest among the stars,(B)
even from there I will bring you down.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

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Footnotes

  1. 4 Or to build high

Woe to him who dishonestly makes
wealth for his house[a](A)
to place his nest on high,
to escape the grasp of disaster!(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:9 Or dynasty

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