Bible Concordances
Eagle, the

Torrey's Topical Textbook

• 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