Thematic Bible
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Armies » Marched » With rapidity
Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.
For thus says the LORD: 'Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
Armies » Called the » Wings of a nation
For thus says the LORD: 'Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
It will sweep onward into Judah. It will overflow and pass through; it will reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings will fill the breadth of your land, Immanuel.
Eagle » Figurative
As an eagle that stirs up her nest, that flutters over her young, he spread abroad his wings, he took them, he bore them on his feathers.
For thus says the LORD: 'Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
'You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you to myself.
"Put the trumpet to your lips. Something like an eagle is over the LORD's house, because they have broken my covenant, and rebelled against my law.
Eagles » Illustrative » (swiftness of,) of the swiftness of hostile armies
For thus says the LORD: 'Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us. For we are ruined.
Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky. They chased us on the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
The LORD will bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies; a nation whose language you shall not understand;