Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Armies » Marched » With rapidity
Swifter than leopards have been its horses, And sharper than evening wolves, And increased have its horsemen, Even its horsemen from afar come in, They fly as an eagle, hasting to consume.
For thus said Jehovah: Lo, as an eagle he doth flee, And hath spread his wings unto Moab.
Armies » Called the » Wings of a nation
For thus said Jehovah: Lo, as an eagle he doth flee, And hath spread his wings unto Moab.
And it hath passed on into Judah, It hath overflown and passed over, Unto the neck it cometh, And the stretching out of its wings Hath been the fulness of the breadth of thy land, O Emmanu-El!
Eagle » Figurative
As an eagle waketh up its nest, Over its young ones fluttereth, Spreadeth its wings -- taketh them, Beareth them on its pinions; --
For thus said Jehovah: Lo, as an eagle he doth flee, And hath spread his wings unto Moab.
Ye -- ye have seen that which I have done to the Egyptians, and I bear you on eagles' wings, and bring you in unto Myself.
Unto thy mouth -- a trumpet, As an eagle against the house of Jehovah, Because they transgressed My covenant, And against My law they have rebelled.
Eagles » Illustrative » (swiftness of,) of the swiftness of hostile armies
For thus said Jehovah: Lo, as an eagle he doth flee, And hath spread his wings unto Moab.
Lo, as clouds he cometh up, And as a hurricane his chariots, Lighter than eagles have been his horses, Woe to us, for we have been spoiled.
Swifter have been our pursuers, Than the eagles of the heavens, On the mountains they have burned after us, In the wilderness they have laid wait for us.
'Jehovah doth lift up against thee a nation, from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle it flieth; a nation whose tongue thou hast not heard,