Verse 5

Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem; He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over and rescue it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 32:11 : 11 Like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings, took him, and carried him on His pinions.
  • Ps 91:4 : 4 He will cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you will find refuge; His truth will be your shield and armor.
  • Isa 38:6 : 6 I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.
  • Isa 37:35 : 35 I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.
  • Isa 10:14 : 14 My hand seized the wealth of nations like one finds a nest. As one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth; no wing fluttered, no beak opened to chirp.
  • Ps 37:40 : 40 The LORD helps and delivers them; He delivers them from the wicked and saves them because they take refuge in Him.
  • Ps 46:5 : 5 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy dwelling places of the Most High.
  • Exod 12:27 : 27 You are to reply, 'It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and spared our homes.' Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
  • Exod 19:4 : 4 'You have seen what I did to Egypt and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to Myself.