Lamentations 4:19
English Standard Version
19 Our pursuers were (A)swifter
than the eagles in the heavens;
they chased us on the mountains;
they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
Habakkuk 1:8
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8 (A)Their horses are swifter than leopards,
more fierce than (B)the evening wolves;
their horsemen press proudly on.
Their horsemen come from afar;
(C)they fly like an eagle swift to devour.
Jeremiah 4:13
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13 Behold, he comes up like clouds;
(A)his chariots like the whirlwind;
his horses are (B)swifter than eagles—
woe to us, (C)for we are ruined!
Isaiah 5:26-28
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26 He will (A)raise a signal for nations far away,
and (B)whistle for them (C)from the ends of the earth;
and behold, quickly, speedily they come!
27 (D)None is weary, none stumbles,
none slumbers or sleeps,
not a waistband is loose,
not a sandal strap broken;
28 (E)their arrows are sharp,
all their bows bent,
their horses' hoofs seem like flint,
and their wheels (F)like the whirlwind.
Hosea 8:1
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Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind
8 Set (A)the trumpet to your lips!
One (B)like a vulture is over the house of the Lord,
because (C)they have transgressed my covenant
and rebelled against my law.
Isaiah 30:16-17
English Standard Version
16 and you said,
“No! We will flee upon (A)horses”;
therefore you shall flee away;
and, “We will ride upon swift steeds”;
therefore your pursuers shall be swift.
17 (B)A thousand shall flee at the threat of one;
at the threat of five you shall flee,
till you are left
like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain,
like a signal on a hill.
Deuteronomy 28:49
English Standard Version
49 (A)The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, (B)swooping down like the eagle, a nation (C)whose language you do not understand,
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Matthew 24:27-28
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27 (A)For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be (B)the coming of the Son of Man. 28 (C)Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.
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Amos 9:1-3
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The Destruction of Israel
9 I saw the Lord standing beside[a] the altar, and he said:
(A)“Strike the capitals until (B)the thresholds (C)shake,
(D)and shatter them on the heads of all the people;[b]
and those who are left of them I will kill with the sword;
(E)not one of them shall flee away;
not one of them shall escape.
2 (F)“If they dig into Sheol,
from there shall my hand take them;
(G)if they climb up to heaven,
from there I will bring them down.
3 If they hide themselves on (H)the top of Carmel,
from there I will search them out and take them;
(I)and if they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,
there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
Amos 2:14
English Standard Version
14 (A)Flight shall perish from the swift,
(B)and the strong shall not retain his strength,
(C)nor shall the mighty save his life;
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