Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Obadiah 1:4
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Obadiah1:4
4. exalt thyself--or supply from the second clause, "thy nest" [Maurer] (Compare Job 20:6; Jr 49:16; Am 9:2).
set ... nest among ... stars--namely, on the loftiest hills which seem to reach the very stars. Edom is a type of Antichrist (Is 14:13; Da 8:10; 11:37).
thence will I bring thee down--in spite of thy boast (Ob 3), "Who shall bring me down?"
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