John Trapp on Obadiah 1:4

Verſe 4. Though thou exalt thy ſelf as the Eagle] Or, as the Arabick text hath it, ad aquilam hard by the Eagle; Couldſt thou fly as high a pitch as that bird, which is ſaid to ſore out of ſight, and build thy neſt aloft, as He doth, on the higheſt mountaines, and talleſt trees, that the ſerpent may not come at his young.

and though thou ſet thy neſt among the ſtarrs] i. e. upon ſuch high hills as reach to the upper region of the ayre.Cicero. 1. de Oratore. Of Ithaca, ( Ʋlyſſes his country) the Oratour ſaith, that it was in ſcopulis quaſi nidus affixa, ſet as a neſt among the rocks. And Paulus Aemylius the Romane Generall pulled down the caſtles at Athens, ſaying that they were tyrannorum nidi: and our Henry 8. commanded the Abbeys here to to be demoliſhed, ſaying, that thoſe crowes-neſts were to be deſtroyed, ne iterum ad cohabitandum convolent that they might never breed againe amongſt us. Lucifer and his Antitype Nebuchadnezzar ſpake of aſcending into heaven, above the heights of the clouds, and of the ſetting their thrones above the ſtarres of God Eſa. 14.13, 14. See the like language, or bigger from the Prince of Tyre Ezek. 28.2. with the iſſue, much like this that here followeth.

thence will I bring thee down] Down with a vengeance: as he did Pharaoh, Nebuchadnezzar, Herod, Edom, Attilas, Genſericus, Bajazet &c. The Philiſtines flouted Jonathan and his armour-bearer and ſaid, Come up to us, and wee will ſhew you a thing: that is, we will give you your payment before we part with you: they held it impoſſible to get up that ſharp ſteep craggy rock where they kept garriſon. But Jonathan clambred over that rock on his hands, and feet; and put them to the rout 1 Sam. Plut. in Alexand. Curt. l. 7. 14.13 An exploit of as great or rather of greater valour, then that of Alexander the great, for which he is ſo crowned and Chronicled by Plutarch, and Curtius: the ſtory is this. Arimazes having garriſoned a very ſtrong rock, (held almoſt inacceſſible, and to which there was but one only paſſage) in the Sogdian countrey, with thirty thouſand men: and being ſent unto by Alexander to yeeld up his hold, derided him and asked whether Alexander could flie? whereunto Alexander returned this anſwer, I will make thee know ere thou art a night elder, that the Macedonians can flie. Hereupon he pickt out three hundred of the boldeſt men he had: and by great promiſes prevailed with them the next night, to climbe up the backſide of the rock to the top of it; which accordingly they did: and killing the guardes, took the garriſon, letting in Alexander, who nailed Arimazes to a croſſe.

ſaith the Lord] who will ſurely do it: how improbable, or impoſſible ſoever you may judge it.