exalt thyself - or supply from the second clause, “thy nest” [Maurer] (Compare Job 20:6; Jer 49:16; Amo 9:2).
set ... nest among ... stars - namely, on the loftiest hills which seem to reach the very stars. Edom is a type of Antichrist (Isa 14:13; Dan 8:10; Dan 11:37).
thence will I bring thee down - in spite of thy boast (Oba 1:3), “Who shall bring me down?”