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27 Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up
    and makes its nest on high?(A)

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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)

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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)

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Footnotes

  1. 49.16 Or of Sela

‘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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Israel’s Apostasy

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)

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  1. 8.1 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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)

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When your eyes light upon it, it is gone,
    for suddenly it takes wings to itself,
    flying like an eagle toward heaven.

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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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  1. 103.5 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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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