Bible verses about Eagle, The
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)
- A bird of prey
Job 9:26; Matthew 24:28- Unclean
Leviticus 11:13; Deuteronomy 14:12- Different kinds of
Leviticus 11:13,18; Ezekiel 17:3- Called the eagle of the heavens
Lamentations 4:19- DESCRIBED AS
- Long-sighted
Job 39:29
- Swift
II Samuel 1:23
- Soaring to heaven
Proverbs 23:5- Strength of its feathers alluded to
Daniel 4:33- Greatness of its wings alluded to
Ezekiel 17:3,7- Peculiarity of its flight alluded to
Proverbs 30:19- Delights in the lofty cedars
Ezekiel 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
Ezekiel 1:10; Revelation 4:7
- Of great and powerful kings
Ezekiel 17:3; Hosea 8:1
- (Renewed strength and beauty of,) of the renewal of saints
Psalms 103:5
- (Mode of teaching her young to fly,) of God's care of his church
Exodus 19:4; Deuteronomy 32:11
- (Wings of,) of protection afforded to the church
Revelation 12:14
- (Upward flight of,) of the saint's rapid progress toward heaven
Isaiah 40:31
- (Swiftness of,) of the melting away of riches
Proverbs 23:5
- (Swiftness of,) of the swiftness of hostile armies
Deuteronomy 28:49; Jeremiah 4:13; 48:40; Lamentations 4:19
- (Height and security of its dwelling,) of the fancied but fatal security of the wicked
Jeremiah 49:16; Obadiah 1:4
- (Increase baldness of, in the moulting season,) of calamities
Micah 1:16
- (Hasting to the prey,) of the swiftness of man's days
Job 9:26- Was the standard of the Roman armies
Matthew 24:15,28