- 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
The New Topical Text Book
Eagle, the
The New Topical Text Book, R. A. Torrey (1897). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.