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Obadiah 1:1-9

Though Thou Exalt Thyself as the Eagle

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Though Thou Exalt Thyself as the Eagle

Obadiah 1:1-9

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This song belongs to the Obadiah collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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[Processional Chant] Though thou exalt thyself, pride is a liar, The mountain is high, but the Judge is higher. A city in stone looked down on the plain, [Verse 1] Its heart said height could outclimb every claim. Nest with the eagle, set doors by the stars, The hand of the LORD still reaches that far. Thieves would leave silver, the gleaner some vine, [Chorus] Though thou exalt thyself, pride is a liar, The mountain is high, but the Judge is higher. But hidden things opened and allies crossed lines. The friend at the table had laid down a snare, [Silence] The wise found no answer, the mighty lost nerve. [Verse 2] Rock cannot covenant, treasure cannot defend, A border is narrow when friendship has ended. The eagle descends and the high chamber falls, [Final Chorus] Though thou exalt thyself, pride is a liar, The mountain is high, but the Judge is higher. No cliff stands above the LORD over all.

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Obadiah 1: The brother at the crossroads

Obadiah begins with Edom high in the rocks and certain that no one can bring it down, then steadily removes every support beneath that confidence. Hidden wealth is searched out, allies turn treacherous, wisdom fails, and mighty men cannot preserve the mountain of Esau. The charge at the center is “violence against thy brother Jacob,” and the book traces Edom’s conduct from watching Jerusalem’s calamity to rejoicing, plundering, blocking escape, and delivering up survivors. The repeated day of Judah’s distress then widens into the day of the LORD upon all nations, where conduct returns upon the doer. Zion receives deliverance and possession, scattered captives are included in restoration, and the final declaration keeps the ending from becoming merely a national reversal: “the kingdom shall be the LORD’s.”

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