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