A bird of prey. Job 9:26. Matt. 24:28.
Unclean. Lev. 11:13. Deut. 14:12.
Different kinds of. Lev. 11:13, 18. Ezek. 17:3.
Called the eagle of the heavens. Lam. 4:19.
DESCRIBED AS
Longsighted. Job 39:29.
Swift. 2 Sam. 1:23.
Soaring to heaven. Prov. 23:5.
Strength of its feathers alluded to. Dan. 4:33.
Greatness of its wings alluded to. Ezek. 17:3, 7.
Peculiarity of its flight alluded to. Prov. 30:19.
Delights in the lofty cedars. Ezek. 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. Ezek. 1:10. Rev. 4:7.
Of great and powerful kings. Ezek. 17:3. Hos. 8:1.
(Renewed strength and beauty of,) of the renewal of saints. Psa. 103.5.
(Mode of teaching her young to fly,) of God's care of His church. Ex. 19:4. Deut. 32:11.
(Wings of,) of protection afforded to the church. Rev. 12:14.
(Upward flight of,) of the saint's rapid progress toward heaven. Isa. 40:31.
(Swiftness of,) of the melting away of riches. Prov. 23:5.
(Swiftness of,) of the swiftness of hostile armies. Deut. 28:49. Jer. 4:13. Jer. 48:40. Lam. 4:19.
(Height and security of its dwelling,) of the fancied but fatal security of the wicked. Jer. 49:16. Oba. 4 v.
(Increased baldness of, in the moulting season,) of calamities. Mic. 1:16.
(Halting to the prey,) of the swiftness of man's days. Job 9:26.
Was the standard of the Roman armies. Matt. 24:15. with 28 v.