Job 39:27
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27 Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up
and makes its nest on high?(A)
Obadiah 4
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4 Though you soar aloft like the eagle,
though your nest is set among the stars,
from there I will bring you down,
says the Lord.(A)
Jeremiah 49:16
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16 The terror you inspire
and the pride of your heart have deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rock,[a]
who hold the height of the hill.
Although you make your nest as high as the eagle’s,
from there I will bring you down,
says the Lord.(A)
Footnotes
- 49.16 Or of Sela
Exodus 19:4
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4 ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.(A)
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Hosea 8:1
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Israel’s Apostasy
8 Set the trumpet to your lips!
One like a vulture[a] is over the house of the Lord,
because they have broken my covenant
and transgressed my law.(A)
Footnotes
- 8.1 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Isaiah 40:31
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31 but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.(A)
Proverbs 23:5
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5 When your eyes light upon it, it is gone,
for suddenly it takes wings to itself,
flying like an eagle toward heaven.
Psalm 103:5
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5 who satisfies you with good as long as you live[a]
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
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- 103.5 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Leviticus 11:13
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13 “These you shall regard as detestable among the birds. They shall not be eaten; they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,
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