Verse 4

The first{H6933} was like a lion,{H744} and had eagle's{H5403} wings:{H1611} I beheld{H1934} till{H5705} the wings{H1611} thereof were plucked,{H4804} and it was lifted up{H5191} from{H4481} the earth,{H772} and made to stand{H6966} upon{H5922} two feet{H7271} as a man;{H606} and a man's{H606} heart{H3825} was given{H3052} to it.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 4:7 : 7 A lion{H738} is gone up{H5927} from his thicket,{H5441} and a destroyer{H7843} of nations;{H1471} he is on his way,{H5265} he is gone forth{H3318} from his place,{H4725} to make{H7760} thy land{H776} desolate,{H8047} that thy cities{H5892} be laid waste,{H5327} without inhabitant.{H3427}
  • Ezek 17:3 : 3 and say,{H559} Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} A great{H1419} eagle{H5404} with great{H1419} wings{H3671} and long pinions,{H83} full{H4392} of feathers,{H5133} which had divers colors,{H7553} came{H935} unto Lebanon,{H3844} and took{H3947} the top{H6788} of the cedar:{H730}
  • Isa 14:13-17 : 13 And thou saidst{H559} in thy heart,{H3824} I will ascend{H5927} into heaven,{H8064} I will exalt{H7311} my throne{H3678} above{H4605} the stars{H3556} of God;{H410} and I will sit{H3427} upon the mount{H2022} of congregation,{H4150} in the uttermost parts{H3411} of the north;{H6828} 14 I will ascend{H5927} above the heights{H1116} of the clouds;{H5645} I will make myself like{H1819} the Most High.{H5945} 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down{H3381} to Sheol,{H7585} to the uttermost parts{H3411} of the pit.{H953} 16 They that see{H7200} thee shall gaze{H7688} at thee, they shall consider{H995} thee, [saying], Is this the man{H376} that made the earth{H776} to tremble,{H7264} that did shake{H7493} kingdoms;{H4467} 17 that made{H7760} the world{H8398} as a wilderness,{H4057} and overthrew{H2040} the cities{H5892} thereof; that let not loose{H6605} his prisoners{H615} to their home?{H1004}
  • Ezek 28:2 : 2 Son{H1121} of man,{H120} say{H559} unto the prince{H5057} of Tyre,{H6865} Thus says{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Because your heart{H3820} is lifted up,{H1361} and you have said,{H559} I am a god,{H410} I sit{H3427} in the seat{H4186} of God,{H430} in the midst{H3820} of the seas;{H3220} yet you are man,{H120} and not God,{H410} though you did set{H5414} your heart{H3820} as the heart{H3820} of God;—{H430}
  • Ezek 28:9 : 9 Will you yet{H559} say{H559} before{H6440} him that slays{H2026} you, I am God?{H430} but you are man,{H120} and not God,{H410} in the hand{H3027} of him that woundeth{H2490} you.
  • Dan 4:30-33 : 30 The king{H4430} spake{H6032} and said,{H560} Is{H576} not{H3809} this{H1932} great{H7229} Babylon,{H895} which I{H576} have built{H1124} for the royal{H4437} dwelling-place, by the might{H8632} of my power{H2632} and for the glory{H3367} of my majesty?{H1923} 31 While{H5751} the word{H4406} was in the king's{H4430} mouth,{H6433} there fell{H5308} a voice{H7032} from{H4481} heaven,{H8065} [saying], O king{H4430} Nebuchadnezzar,{H5020} to thee it is spoken:{H560} The kingdom{H4437} is departed{H5709} from{H4481} thee: 32 and thou shalt be driven{H2957} from{H4481} men;{H606} and thy dwelling{H4070} shall be with{H5974} the beasts{H2423} of the field;{H1251} thou shalt be made to eat{H2939} grass{H6211} as oxen;{H8450} and seven{H7655} times{H5732} shall pass{H2499} over{H5922} thee; until{H5705} thou know{H3046} that the Most High{H5943} ruleth{H7990} in the kingdom{H4437} of men,{H606} and giveth{H5415} it to whomsoever{H4479} he will.{H6634} 33 The same hour{H8160} was the thing{H4406} fulfilled{H5487} upon{H5922} Nebuchadnezzar:{H5020} and he was driven{H2957} from{H4481} men,{H606} and did eat{H399} grass{H6211} as oxen,{H8450} and his body{H1655} was wet{H6647} with the dew{H2920} of heaven,{H8065} till{H5705} his hair{H8177} was grown{H7236} like eagles'{H5403} [feathers], and his nails{H2953} like birds'{H6853} [claws].
  • Dan 4:36 : 36 At the same time{H2166} mine understanding{H4486} returned{H8421} unto me;{H5922} and for the glory{H3367} of my kingdom,{H4437} my majesty{H1923} and brightness{H2122} returned{H8421} unto me;{H5922} and my counsellors{H1907} and my lords{H7261} sought{H1156} unto me;{H5922} and I was established{H8627} in my kingdom,{H4437} and excellent{H3493} greatness{H7238} was added{H3255} unto me.
  • Dan 5:18-23 : 18 O thou{H607} king,{H4430} the Most High{H5943} God{H426} gave{H3052} Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} thy father{H2} the kingdom,{H4437} and greatness,{H7238} and glory,{H3367} and majesty:{H1923} 19 and because{H4481} of the greatness{H7238} that he gave{H3052} him, all{H3606} the peoples,{H5972} nations,{H524} and languages{H3961} trembled{H1934} and feared{H1763} before{H4481} him:{H6925} whom he would{H1934} he slew,{H1934} and whom he would{H1934} he kept alive;{H1934} and whom he would{H1934} he raised up,{H1934} and whom he would{H1934} he put down.{H1934} 20 But when his heart{H3825} was lifted up,{H7313} and his spirit{H7308} was hardened{H8631} so that he dealt proudly,{H2103} he was deposed{H5182} from{H4481} his kingly{H4437} throne,{H3764} and they took{H5709} his glory{H3367} from him:{H4481} 21 and he was driven{H2957} from{H4481} the sons{H1123} of men,{H606} and his heart{H3825} was made{H7739} like{H5974} the beasts',{H2423} and his dwelling{H4070} was with the wild asses;{H6167} he was fed{H2939} with grass{H6211} like oxen,{H8450} and his body{H1655} was wet{H6647} with the dew{H2920} of heaven;{H8065} until{H5705} he knew{H3046} that the Most High{H5943} God{H426} ruleth{H7990} in the kingdom{H4437} of men,{H606} and that he setteth{H6966} up over{H5922} it whomsoever{H4479} he will.{H6634} 22 And thou{H607} his son,{H1247} O Belshazzar,{H1113} hast not{H3809} humbled{H8214} thy heart,{H3825} though{H6903} thou knewest{H3046} all{H3606} this,{H1836} 23 but hast lifted up{H7313} thyself against{H5922} the Lord{H4756} of heaven;{H8065} and they have brought{H858} the vessels{H3984} of his house{H1005} before{H6925} thee, and thou{H607} and thy lords,{H7261} thy wives{H7695} and thy concubines,{H3904} have drunk{H8355} wine{H2562} from them; and thou hast praised{H7624} the gods{H426} of silver{H3702} and gold,{H1722} of brass,{H5174} iron,{H6523} wood,{H636} and stone,{H69} which see{H2370} not,{H3809} nor{H3809} hear,{H8086} nor{H3809} know;{H3046} and the God{H426} in whose hand{H3028} thy breath{H5396} is, and whose are all{H3606} thy ways,{H735} hast thou not{H3809} glorified.{H1922}
  • Hab 1:6-8 : 6 For, lo, I raise up{H6965} the Chaldeans,{H3778} that bitter{H4751} and hasty{H4116} nation,{H1471} that march{H1980} through the breadth{H4800} of the earth,{H776} to possess{H3423} dwelling-places{H4908} that are not theirs. 7 They are terrible{H366} and dreadful;{H3372} their judgment{H4941} and their dignity{H7613} proceed{H3318} from themselves. 8 Their horses{H5483} also are swifter{H7043} than leopards,{H5246} and are more fierce{H2300} than the evening{H6153} wolves;{H2061} and their horsemen{H6571} press proudly{H6335} on: yea, their horsemen{H6571} come{H935} from far;{H7350} they fly{H5774} as an eagle{H5404} that hasteth{H2363} to devour.{H398}
  • Hab 2:5-9 : 5 Yea, moreover, wine{H3196} is treacherous,{H898} a haughty{H3093} man,{H1397} that keepeth not at home;{H5115} who enlargeth{H7337} his desire{H5315} as Sheol,{H7585} and he is as death,{H4194} and cannot be satisfied,{H7646} but gathereth{H622} unto him all nations,{H1471} and heapeth{H6908} unto him all peoples.{H5971} 6 Shall not all these take up{H5375} a parable{H4912} against him, and a taunting{H4426} proverb{H2420} against him, and say,{H559} Woe{H1945} to him that increaseth{H7235} that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth{H3513} himself with pledges!{H5671} 7 Shall they not rise up{H6965} suddenly{H6621} that shall bite{H5391} thee, and awake{H3364} that shall vex{H2111} thee, and thou shalt be for booty{H4933} unto them? 8 Because thou hast plundered{H7997} many{H7227} nations,{H1471} all the remnant{H3499} of the peoples{H5971} shall plunder{H7997} thee, because of men's{H120} blood,{H1818} and for the violence{H2555} done to the land,{H776} to the city{H7151} and to all that dwell{H3427} therein. 9 Woe{H1945} to him that getteth{H1214} an evil{H7451} gain{H1215} for his house,{H1004} that he may set{H7760} his nest{H7064} on high,{H4791} that he may be delivered{H5337} from the hand{H3709} of evil!{H7451} 10 Thou hast devised{H3289} shame{H1322} to thy house,{H1004} by cutting off{H7096} many{H7227} peoples,{H5971} and hast sinned{H2398} against thy soul.{H5315}
  • Matt 24:28 : 28 Wheresoever{G3699} the carcase{G4430} is,{G5600} there{G1563} will{G4863} the eagles{G105} be gathered together.{G4863}
  • Jer 4:13 : 13 Behold, he shall come up{H5927} as clouds,{H6051} and his chariots{H4818} [shall be] as the whirlwind:{H5492} his horses{H5483} are swifter{H7043} than eagles.{H5404} Woe{H188} unto us! for we are ruined.{H7703}
  • Jer 25:9-9 : 9 behold, I will send{H7971} and take{H3947} all the families{H4940} of the north,{H6828} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} and [I will send] unto Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} the king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} my servant,{H5650} and will bring{H935} them against this land,{H776} and against the inhabitants{H3427} thereof, and against all these nations{H1471} round about;{H5439} and I will utterly destroy{H2763} them, and make{H7760} them an astonishment,{H8047} and a hissing,{H8322} and perpetual{H5769} desolations.{H2723} 10 Moreover I will take{H6} from them the voice{H6963} of mirth{H8342} and the voice{H6963} of gladness,{H8057} the voice{H6963} of the bridegroom{H2860} and the voice{H6963} of the bride,{H3618} the sound{H6963} of the millstones,{H7347} and the light{H216} of the lamp.{H5216} 11 And this whole land{H776} shall be a desolation,{H2723} and an astonishment;{H8047} and these nations{H1471} shall serve{H5647} the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} seventy{H7657} years.{H8141} 12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy{H7657} years{H8141} are accomplished,{H4390} that I will punish{H6485} the king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and that nation,{H1471} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} for their iniquity,{H5771} and the land{H776} of the Chaldeans;{H3778} and I will make{H7760} it desolate{H8077} for ever.{H5769} 13 And I will bring{H935} upon that land{H776} all my words{H1697} which I have pronounced{H1696} against it, even all that is written{H3789} in this book,{H5612} which Jeremiah{H3414} hath prophesied{H5012} against all the nations.{H1471} 14 For many{H7227} nations{H1471} and great{H1419} kings{H4428} shall make bondmen{H5647} of them, even of them; and I will recompense{H7999} them according to their deeds,{H6467} and according to the work{H4639} of their hands.{H3027} 15 For thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} unto me: take{H3947} this cup{H3563} of the wine{H3196} of wrath{H2534} at my hand,{H3027} and cause all the nations,{H1471} to whom I send{H7971} thee, to drink{H8248} it. 16 And they shall drink,{H8354} and reel{H1607} to and fro, and be mad,{H1984} because{H6440} of the sword{H2719} that I will send{H7971} among them. 17 Then took{H3947} I the cup{H3563} at Jehovah's{H3068} hand,{H3027} and made all the nations{H1471} to drink,{H8248} unto whom Jehovah{H3068} had sent{H7971} me: 18 [ to wit], Jerusalem,{H3389} and the cities{H5892} of Judah,{H3063} and the kings{H4428} thereof, and the princes{H8269} thereof, to make{H5414} them a desolation,{H2723} an astonishment,{H8047} a hissing,{H8322} and a curse,{H7045} as it is this day;{H3117} 19 Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt,{H4714} and his servants,{H5650} and his princes,{H8269} and all his people;{H5971} 20 and all the mingled{H6153} people, and all the kings{H4428} of the land{H776} of the Uz,{H5780} and all the kings{H4428} of the{H776} Philistines,{H6430} and Ashkelon,{H831} and Gaza,{H5804} and Ekron,{H6138} and the remnant{H7611} of Ashdod;{H795} 21 Edom,{H123} and Moab,{H4124} and the children{H1121} of Ammon;{H5983} 22 and all the kings{H4428} of Tyre,{H6865} and all the kings{H4428} of Sidon,{H6721} and the kings{H4428} of the isle{H339} which is beyond{H5676} the sea;{H3220} 23 Dedan,{H1719} and Tema,{H8485} and Buz,{H938} and all that have the corners{H6285} [of their hair] cut off;{H7112} 24 and all the kings{H4428} of Arabia,{H6152} and all the kings{H4428} of the mingled people{H6153} that dwell{H7931} in the wilderness;{H4057} 25 and all the kings{H4428} of Zimri,{H2174} and all the kings{H4428} of Elam,{H5867} and all the kings{H4428} of the Medes;{H4074} 26 and all the kings{H4428} of the north,{H6828} far{H7350} and near,{H7138} one{H376} with another;{H251} and all the kingdoms{H4467} of the world,{H776} which are upon the face{H6440} of the earth:{H127} and the king{H4428} of Sheshach{H8347} shall drink{H8354} after{H310} them.
  • Jer 25:38 : 38 He hath left{H5800} his covert,{H5520} as the lion;{H3715} for their land{H776} is become an astonishment{H8047} because{H6440} of the fierceness{H2740} of the oppressing{H3238} [sword], and because{H6440} of his fierce{H2740} anger.{H639}
  • Jer 48:40 : 40 For thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} Behold, he shall fly{H1675} as an eagle,{H5404} and shall spread{H6566} out his wings{H3671} against Moab.{H4124}
  • Jer 50:30-32 : 30 Therefore shall her young men{H970} fall{H5307} in her streets,{H7339} and all her men{H582} of war{H4421} shall be brought to silence{H1826} in that day,{H3117} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou proud{H2087} one, saith{H5002} the Lord,{H136} Jehovah{H3069} of hosts;{H6635} for thy day{H3117} is come,{H935} the time{H6256} that I will visit{H6485} thee. 32 And the proud{H2087} one shall stumble{H3782} and fall,{H5307} and none shall raise him up;{H6965} and I will kindle{H3341} a fire{H784} in his cities,{H5892} and it shall devour{H398} all that are round about{H5439} him.
  • Lam 4:19 : 19 Our pursuers{H7291} were swifter{H7031} than the eagles{H5404} of the heavens:{H8064} They chased{H1814} us upon the mountains,{H2022} they laid wait{H693} for us in the wilderness.{H4057}
  • Deut 28:49 : 49 Jehovah{H3068} will bring{H5375} a nation{H1471} against thee from far,{H7350} from the end{H7097} of the earth,{H776} as the eagle{H5404} flieth;{H1675} a nation{H1471} whose tongue{H3956} thou shalt not understand;{H8085}
  • 2 Sam 1:23 : 23 Saul{H7586} and Jonathan{H3083} were lovely{H157} and pleasant{H5273} in their lives,{H2416} And in their death{H4194} they were not divided:{H6504} They were swifter{H7043} than eagles,{H5404} They were stronger{H1396} than lions.{H738}
  • Job 25:6 : 6 How much less man,{H582} that is a worm!{H7415} And the son{H1121} of man,{H120} that is a worm!{H8438}
  • Ps 9:20 : 20 Put{H7896} them in fear,{H4172} O Jehovah:{H3068} Let the nations{H1471} know{H3045} themselves to be but men.{H582} {Selah}{H5542}
  • Isa 5:28-29 : 28 whose arrows{H2671} are sharp,{H8150} and all their bows{H7198} bent;{H1869} their horses'{H5483} hoofs{H6541} shall be accounted{H2803} as flint,{H6862} and their wheels{H1534} as a whirlwind:{H5492} 29 their roaring{H7581} shall be like a lioness,{H3833} they shall roar{H7580} like young lions;{H3715} yea, they shall roar,{H5098} and lay hold{H270} of the prey,{H2964} and carry it away safe,{H6403} and there shall be none to deliver.{H5337}