What does the Bible say about nation take up the eagle?
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The Bible uses the eagle chiefly as a picture of God’s powerful care and of swift judgment upon rebellious nations. In Exodus 19:4, the Lord recalls carrying Israel “on eagles’ wings” from Egypt, while Deuteronomy 32:11 compares His faithful instruction and protection to an eagle caring for its young. Isaiah 40:31 promises renewed strength to those who wait upon the Lord, who will rise like eagles. Yet the eagle also signals invading powers and coming judgment: Hosea 8:1, Deuteronomy 28:49, Jeremiah 48:40, Jeremiah 49:22, and Ezekiel 17:3 portray nations descending swiftly upon the guilty. Revelation 12:14 likewise shows God preserving His people amid spiritual conflict.
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 48:40
For thus says Yahweh: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- Deuteronomy 28:49
Yahweh will bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies; a nation whose language you shall not understand;
- Jeremiah 49:16
As for your terror, the pride of your heart has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill: though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, says Yahweh.
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