Holy Scripture

Obadiah 1:4

A church father on this verse
“[Daniel 7:4] "The first beast was like a lioness and possessed the wings of an eagle. I beheld until her wings were torn away, and she was raised upright from the ground and stood on her feet like a human being, and she was given a human heart." The kingdom of the Babylonians was not called a lion but a lioness, on ac…”
Jerome, 5th c. — St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER SEVEN

Source: Septuagint

Original

4If thou shouldest mount up as the eagle, and if thou shouldest make thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.

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In context

2Arise ye, and let us rise up against her to war.

3Behold, I have made thee small among the Gentiles: thou art greatly dishonored. The pride of thy heart has elated thee, dwelling as thou dost in the holes of the rocks, as one that exalts his habitation, saying in his heart, Who will bring me down to the ground?

— Obadiah 1:4 —

5If thieves came in to thee, or robbers by night, where wouldest thou have been cast away? would they not have stolen just enough for themselves? and if grape-gatherers went in to thee, would they not leave a gleaning?

6How has Esau been searched out, and how have his hidden things been detected?

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