hSee 2 Kgs. 18:13-16
Deuteronomy 28:49
49 aThe Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, bswooping down like the eagle, a nation cwhose language you do not understand,2 Samuel 1:23
23 “Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely!In life and in death they were not divided;
they were dswifter than eagles;
they were estronger than lions.
Isaiah 5:28-29
28 ftheir arrows are sharp,all their bows bent,
their horses’ hoofs seem like flint,
and their wheels glike the whirlwind.
29Their roaring is like a lion,
like young lions they roar;
they growl and hseize their prey;
they carry it off, and none can rescue.
Jeremiah 4:7
7 iA lion has gone up from his thicket,a destroyer of nations has set out;
he has gone out from his place
to make your land a waste;
your cities will be ruins
jwithout inhabitant.
Jeremiah 4:13
13 Behold, he comes up like clouds;khis chariots like the whirlwind;
his horses are lswifter than eagles—
woe to us, mfor we are ruined!
Jeremiah 25:38
38Like a lion nhe has left his lair,for their land has become a waste
because of othe sword of the oppressor,
pand because of his fierce anger.”
Jeremiah 48:40
40 For thus says the Lord:“Behold, qone shall fly swiftly like an eagle
rand spread his wings against Moab;
Lamentations 4:19
19 Our pursuers were sswifterthan the eagles in the heavens;
they chased us on the mountains;
they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
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