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Eagle, The

 

Eagle, The

A bird of prey - Job 9:26; Mt 24:28

Unclean - Le 11:13; De 14:12

Different kinds of - Le 11:13,18; Eze 17:3

Called the eagle of the heavens - La 4:19

DESCRIBED AS

• Long-sighted
- Job 39:29
• Swift
- 2Sa 1:23
• Soaring to heaven
- Pr 23:5

Strength of its feathers alluded to - Da 4:33

Greatness of its wings alluded to - Eze 17:3,7

Peculiarity of its flight alluded to - Pr 30:19

Delights in the lofty cedars - Eze 17:3,4

Dwells in the high rocks - Job 39:27,28

Feeds her young with blood - Job 39:29,30

ILLUSTRATIVE

• Of wisdom and zeal of God's ministers
- Eze 1:10; Re 4:7
• Of great and powerful kings
- Eze 17:3; Ho 8:1
• (Renewed strength and beauty of,) of the renewal of saints
- Ps 103:5
• (Mode of teaching her young to fly,) of God's care of his
church - Ex 19:4; De 32:11
• (Wings of,) of protection afforded to the church
- Re 12:14
• (Upward flight of,) of the saint's rapid progress toward
heaven - Isa 40:31
• (Swiftness of,) of the melting away of riches
- Pr 23:5
• (Swiftness of,) of the swiftness of hostile armies
- De 28:49; Jer 4:13; 48:40; La 4:19
• (Height and security of its dwelling,) of the fancied but
fatal security of the wicked - Jer 49:16; Ob 1:4
• (Increase baldness of, in the moulting season,) of
calamities - Mic 1:16
• (Hasting to the prey,) of the swiftness of man's days
- Job 9:26

Was the standard of the Roman armies - Mt 24:15,28

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