Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
Though thou exalt thyself - or supply from the second clause, "thy nest" (Maurer). (Compare Job 20:6; Jeremiah 49:16; Amos 9:2.)
And though thou set thy nest among the stars - namely, on the loftiest hills, which seem to reach the very stars. Edom is a type of Antichrist (Isaiah 14:13; Daniel 8:10; Daniel 11:37). The language implies a remembrance of Balaam's words to the Kenite, "Strong is thy dwelling-place, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock."
Thence will I bring thee down - in spite of thy boast (Obadiah 1:3), "Who shall bring me down?"