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Commentary for Obadiah 1:3

זְד֤וֹן לִבְּךָ֙ הִשִּׁיאֶ֔ךָ שֹׁכְנִ֥י בְחַגְוֵי־סֶּ֖לַע מְר֣וֹם שִׁבְתּ֑וֹ אֹמֵ֣ר בְּלִבּ֔וֹ מִ֥י יוֹרִדֵ֖נִי אָֽרֶץ׃

The pride of thy heart hath beguiled thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, Thy habitation on high; That sayest in thy heart: ‘Who shall bring me down to the ground?’

Rashi on Obadiah

who dwell in the clefts of the rock—Who relies on the support of his ancestors, Abraham and Isaac, but they shall not avail him. the clefts Heb. חַגְוֵי. Cf. (Isa. 19:17) “And the land of Judah shall be to Egypt for a dread (לְחָגָּא),” frayteyne [or fraite] in O.F., a cleft of a rock. And do not wonder about the “vav” of (Gen. 21:16) “like a shot (כִּמְטַחֲוֵי) ;” in which there is no radical in the word but the “teth” and the “heth.”
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Metzudat David on Obadiah

זדון לבך השיאך "Your arrogant heart has turned you" meaning that now that you have become great and a mighty ruler when you came to the Mt Seir, therefore, the arrogance in your heart has turned you to become too prideful.
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Metzudat David on Obadiah

שוכני"dwelling" as if to say you dwell in the clefts of the rock meaning that nobody can come close to you. It is as if his dwelling place was in a high place and therefore he thinks in his heart who will be able to bring me down to the lowliness on the land.
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