Matthew Poole and continuators on Obadiah 1:4

4 Though thou exalt thy self as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars , thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD .

Edom boasted of his strength from the height of the Rocks he dwelt on, v. 3. but here he is answered if he could build his nest as the Eagles, which build and fly much higher than any other Bird, neither the height of the nest should save the young ones, nor the height of his flight save the old one.

Nay yet in a more lofty strein, suppose you could lodge your brood among the stars for safety, and there fly above the reach of man, yet should you not be out of the reach of danger.

God who is in the Heavens would throw thee down, when men could not Marshal Armies against thee, Stars should fight in their Courses against thee. Nothing can stand which God will cast down, vid. Ier. 49.16, 17.

Marginal references: Amos 9.2.