Jeremiah 48:40
This is what the Lord says: Watch as an enemy like an eagle swoops down, spreading its wings as it attacks Moab.
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For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
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Deuteronomy 28:49The Lord will bring a nation to attack you from a long way off, from the ends of the earth. They will swoop down upon you like an eagle, this nation whose language you won't understand.
Jeremiah 4:13Look, he's rushing in like storm clouds; his chariots are like a whirlwind. His horses fly faster than eagles. “What a disaster! We're ruined!”
Lamentations 4:19Our pursuers were faster than eagles in the sky. They chased us across the mountains and ambushed us in the desert.
Daniel 7:4The first was like a lion and had the wings of an eagle. As I watched, its wings were torn off and it was pulled upright so it was standing with its hind legs on the ground and it was given the mind of a human being.
Habakkuk 1:8Their horses are faster than leopards and fiercer than hungry wolves. Their cavalry charges, racing in from far away. Like eagles, they swoop down to eat their prey.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 48:15-47
The Judgment of Moab. ( b. c. 605.) 14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? 15 Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts. 16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast. 17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod! 18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy… Read the whole commentary →