Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness. Cross References Leviticus 26:36 As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them. Deuteronomy 28:49 The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle--a nation whose language you will not understand, Isaiah 5:26 He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold--how speedily and swiftly they come! Isaiah 30:16 "No," you say, "we will flee on horses." Therefore you will flee! "We will ride swift horses," but your pursuers will be faster. Isaiah 30:17 A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill. Jeremiah 4:13 Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined! Habakkuk 1:8 Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour. Treasury of Scripture Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us on the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. persecutors Deuteronomy 28:49 Isaiah 5:26-28 Isaiah 30:16,17 the eagles. Amos 2:14 Amos 9:1-3 |