Eagle

Bald Eagle by Ray's Wildlife Photography

Eagle, The

A bird of prey — Job 9:26; Matthew 24:28.

Unclean — Leviticus 11:13; Deuteronomy 14:12.

Different kinds of — Leviticus 11:13, Leviticus 11:18; Ezekiel 17:3.

Called the eagle of the heavens — Lamentations 4:19.

Described as

Strength of its feathers alluded to — Daniel 4:33.

Greatness of its wings alluded to — Ezekiel 17:3, Ezekiel 17:7.

Peculiarity of its flight alluded to — Proverbs 30:19.

Delights in the lofty cedars — Ezekiel 17:3-4.

Dwells in the high rocks — Job 39:27, 28.

Feeds her young with blood — Job 39:29-30.

Illustrative

Of wisdom and zeal of God’s ministers. — Ezekiel 1:10; Revelation 4:7.
Of great and powerful kings. — Ezekiel 17:3; Hosea 8:1.
(Renewed strength and beauty of,) of the renewal of saints. — Psalms 103:5.
(Mode of teaching her young to fly,) of God’s care of his church. — Exodus 19:4; Deuteronomy 32:11.
(Wings of,) of protection afforded to the church. — Revelation 12:14.
(Upward flight of,) of the saint’s rapid progress toward heaven. — Isaiah 40:31.
(Swiftness of,) of the melting away of riches. — Proverbs 23:5.
(Swiftness of,) of the swiftness of hostile armies. — Deuteronomy 28:49; Jeremiah 4:13; 48:40; Lamentations 4:19.
(Height and security of its dwelling,) of the fancied but fatal security of the wicked. — Jeremiah 49:16; Obadiah 1:4.
(Increase baldness of, in the moulting season,) of calamities. — Micah 1:16.
(Hasting to the prey,) of the swiftness of man’s days. — Job 9:26.