the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Swallow
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
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Psalm 84:3 (c) This bird is used to describe the apostasy of Israel. The altars of GOD should have been hot with fires for sacrifice. Instead they were so cold, neglected and unused that the birds felt free to make their nests in them.
Proverbs 26:2 (a) In this case the bird is used to illustrate GOD's definite dealings with men. The swallow flies for a purpose, she knows where she is going, and what she is doing. So it is when GOD punishes sinners. It is an intelligent punishment.
Isaiah 38:14 (a) Hezekiah uses the mournful sounds of the swallow to illustrate the sadness of his own heart.
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Isaiah 25:8 (b) When our Lord returns for His people, they will not die, but will be caught up alive into Heaven. A victorious ascension will take the place of the sadness of death.
Isaiah 28:7 (b) The drunkard is conquered by the liquor. He becomes a slave to that which he drinks. He is submerged under the terrible appetite for wine.
Isaiah 49:19 (b) In this prophecy the Lord is informing us that the people who conquered Israel will be driven far away from them, and they will no longer be engulfed by their enemies, but will be free to expand their country.
Lamentations 2:2 (b) The wrath of GOD in conquering Israel and pouring out His wrath over them is described in this way. Israel was helpless in the hands of an angry GOD, and He consumed them in His wrath. This is in contrast, or perhaps, in comparison with verse16 in which we find that the enemies of Israel engulfed them. From GOD's standpoint He did it, but the enemies of Israel were the means and the agents by which GOD did it. (See also Jeremiah 51:34).
Hosea 8:8 (b) This action is used to describe the scattering of the Jews among the Gentiles in which they were absorbed after their dispersion.
Amos 8:4 (b) This describes the cruel power of the rich as they destroyed the poor, and the powerful as they destroyed the weak.
Obadiah 1:16 (b) The suicide of the heathen is described in this way. They drink iniquity, they live on their sins, they revel in rioting and drunkenness, and all of this serves to destroy the people.
Matthew 23:24 (b) This figure describes the ease with which hypocrites believe impossible statements, and use them as though they were true.
1 Corinthians 15:54 (b) Here is a graphic description of the way in which death for the Christian will be abolished when CHRIST returns to catch up His church in the Rapture. The living Christians will be caught up to Heaven without dying.
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Watson, Walter. Entry for 'Swallow'. Wilson's Dictoinary of Bible Types. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/wdt/s/swallow.html. 1957.
