Eagle, The
A bird of prey -- Job 9:26; Mt 24:28. Unclean -- Le 11:13; De 14:12. Different kinds of -- Le 11:13,18; Eze 17:3. Called the eagle of the heavens -- La 4:19. Described as Long-sighted. -- Job 39:29. Swift. -- 2Sa 1:23. Soaring to heaven. -- Pr 23:5. Strength of its feathers alluded to -- Da 4:33. Greatness of its wings alluded to -- Eze 17:3,7. Peculiarity of its flight alluded to -- Pr 30:19. Delights in the lofty cedars -- Eze 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. -- Eze 1:10; Re 4:7. Of great and powerful kings. -- Eze 17:3; Ho 8:1. (Renewed strength and beauty of,) of the renewal of saints. -- Ps 103:5. (Mode of teaching her young to fly,) of God's care of his church. -- Ex 19:4; De 32:11. (Wings of,) of protection afforded to the church. -- Re 12:14. (Upward flight of,) of the saint's rapid progress toward heaven. -- Isa 40:31. (Swiftness of,) of the melting away of riches. -- Pr 23:5. (Swiftness of,) of the swiftness of hostile armies. -- De 28:49; Jer 4:13; 48:40; La 4:19. (Height and security of its dwelling,) of the fancied but fatal security of the wicked. -- Jer 49:16; Ob 1:4. (Increase baldness of, in the moulting season,) of calamities. -- Mic 1:16. (Hasting to the prey,) of the swiftness of man's days. -- Job 9:26. Was the standard of the Roman armies -- Mt 24:15,28.