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Habakkuk 1:8
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Habakkuk 1:8
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8 Their horses are swifter than cheetahs[a]
and fiercer than wolves at dusk.
Their charioteers charge from far away.
Like eagles, they swoop down to devour their prey.
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- 1:8 Or leopards.
Habakkuk 1:8
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Habakkuk 1:8
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Jeremiah 4:13
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Jeremiah 4:13
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13 Our enemy rushes down on us like storm clouds!
His chariots are like whirlwinds.
His horses are swifter than eagles.
How terrible it will be, for we are doomed!
Zephaniah 3:3
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Zephaniah 3:3
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3 Its leaders are like roaring lions
hunting for their victims.
Its judges are like ravenous wolves at evening time,
who by dawn have left no trace of their prey.
Zephaniah 3:3
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Zephaniah 3:3
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Hosea 8:1
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Hosea 8:1
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Israel Harvests the Whirlwind
8 “Sound the alarm!
The enemy descends like an eagle on the people of the Lord,
for they have broken my covenant
and revolted against my law.
Hosea 8:1
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Hosea 8:1
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Israel to Reap the Whirlwind
Ezekiel 17:3
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Ezekiel 17:3
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3 Give them this message from the Sovereign Lord:
“A great eagle with broad wings and long feathers,
covered with many-colored plumage,
came to Lebanon.
He seized the top of a cedar tree
Ezekiel 17:3
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Ezekiel 17:3
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3 Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: A great eagle(A) with powerful wings, long feathers and full plumage of varied colors came to Lebanon.(B) Taking hold of the top of a cedar,
Jeremiah 5:6
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Jeremiah 5:6
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6 So now a lion from the forest will attack them;
a wolf from the desert will pounce on them.
A leopard will lurk near their towns,
tearing apart any who dare to venture out.
For their rebellion is great,
and their sins are many.
Jeremiah 5:6
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Jeremiah 5:6
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Deuteronomy 28:49
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Deuteronomy 28:49
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49 “The Lord will bring a distant nation against you from the end of the earth, and it will swoop down on you like a vulture. It is a nation whose language you do not understand,
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Deuteronomy 28:49
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Deuteronomy 28:49
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49 The Lord will bring a nation against you(A) from far away, from the ends of the earth,(B) like an eagle(C) swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand,(D)
Luke 17:37
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Luke 17:37
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37 “Where will this happen, Lord?”[a] the disciples asked.
Jesus replied, “Just as the gathering of vultures shows there is a carcass nearby, so these signs indicate that the end is near.”[b]
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Luke 17:37
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Luke 17:37
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37 “Where, Lord?” they asked.
He replied, “Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather.”(A)
Matthew 24:28
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Matthew 24:28
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28 Just as the gathering of vultures shows there is a carcass nearby, so these signs indicate that the end is near.[a]
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- 24:28 Greek Wherever the carcass is, the vultures gather.
Matthew 24:28
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Matthew 24:28
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28 Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.(A)
Ezekiel 17:12
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Ezekiel 17:12
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12 “Say to these rebels of Israel: Don’t you understand the meaning of this riddle of the eagles? The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took away her king and princes, and brought them to Babylon.
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Ezekiel 17:12
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Ezekiel 17:12
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12 “Say to this rebellious people, ‘Do you not know what these things mean?(A)’ Say to them: ‘The king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and carried off her king and her nobles,(B) bringing them back with him to Babylon.(C)
Lamentations 4:19
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Lamentations 4:19
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19 Our enemies were swifter than eagles in flight.
If we fled to the mountains, they found us.
If we hid in the wilderness,
they were waiting for us there.
Lamentations 4:19
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Lamentations 4:19
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Isaiah 5:26-28
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Isaiah 5:26-28
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26 He will send a signal to distant nations far away
and whistle to those at the ends of the earth.
They will come racing toward Jerusalem.
27 They will not get tired or stumble.
They will not stop for rest or sleep.
Not a belt will be loose,
not a sandal strap broken.
28 Their arrows will be sharp
and their bows ready for battle.
Sparks will fly from their horses’ hooves,
and the wheels of their chariots will spin like a whirlwind.
Isaiah 5:26-28
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Isaiah 5:26-28
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26 He lifts up a banner(A) for the distant nations,
he whistles(B) for those at the ends of the earth.(C)
Here they come,
swiftly and speedily!
27 Not one of them grows tired(D) or stumbles,
not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt(E) is loosened at the waist,(F)
not a sandal strap is broken.(G)
28 Their arrows are sharp,(H)
all their bows(I) are strung;
their horses’ hooves(J) seem like flint,
their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.(K)
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