Eagle, the

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 2 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 Psalm 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

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