EAGLE, THE

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