Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
Defending
Passing
General references
Bible References
Birds
Isaiah 10:14
And my hand has found, like nest, the wealth of the peoples, and like the gathering of forsaken eggs, I myself have gathered all the earth. And [there] was no fluttering wing or open mouth or chirp."
Exodus 19:4
'You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt and [how] I bore you on eagles' wings and I brought you to me.
Deuteronomy 32:11
As an eagle stirs up its nest, hovers over its young, spreads out its wings, takes them, carries them on its pinions,
Psalm 46:5
God [is] in the midst of her; she will not be made to totter. God will help her {at daybreak}.
Psalm 91:4
With his feathers he will cover you, and under his wings you can take refuge. His faithfulness [will be] a shield and a buckler.
Defending
Psalm 37:40
And Yahweh helps them and he rescues them. He rescues them from [the] wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.
Passing
Exodus 12:27
you will say, 'It [is] a Passover sacrifice for Yahweh, who passed over the houses of the {Israelites} in Egypt when he struck Egypt; and he delivered our houses.'" And the people knelt down and they worshiped.
General references
Deuteronomy 32:11
As an eagle stirs up its nest, hovers over its young, spreads out its wings, takes them, carries them on its pinions,