What does the Bible say about nation eagle?
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The Bible uses the eagle to portray God’s saving care, the strength He gives His people, and the swift power by which He judges proud nations. In Exodus 19:4, the Lord recalls carrying Israel “on eagles’ wings” from Egypt, showing His covenant mercy and sovereign deliverance. Deuteronomy 32:11 similarly pictures God as an eagle guarding and bearing His people. Isaiah 40:31 promises that those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength and rise on wings like eagles. Yet the eagle also symbolizes invading kingdoms and divine judgment in Ezekiel 17, Jeremiah 48:40, Jeremiah 49:22, Hosea 8:1, and Daniel 7:4. Thus believers should trust God’s protective grace while humbly recognizing His rule over every nation.
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- Exodus 19:4
'You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you to myself.
- Deuteronomy 32:11
As an eagle that stirs up her nest, That flutters over her young, He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bore them on his feathers.
- Isaiah 40:31
but those who wait for Yahweh shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
- Revelation 12:14
Two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, so that she might be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
- Ezekiel 17:3
and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: A great eagle with great wings and long feathers, full of feathers, which had various colors, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:
- Jeremiah 48:40
For thus says Yahweh: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
- Jeremiah 49:22
Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah: and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
- Hosea 8:1
"Put the trumpet to your lips! Something like an eagle is over Yahweh's house, Because they have broken my covenant, And rebelled against my law.
- Daniel 7:4
The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I saw until the wings of it were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand on two feet as a man; and a man's heart was given to it.
- Ezekiel 17:7
There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.
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