Verse 19

Our persecutors{H7291}{(H8802)} are swifter{H7031} than the eagles{H5404} of the heaven{H8064}: they pursued{H1814}{(H8804)} us upon the mountains{H2022}, they laid wait{H693}{(H8804)} for us in the wilderness{H4057}.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 4:13 : 13 Behold, he shall come up{H5927}{(H8799)} as clouds{H6051}, and his chariots{H4818} shall be as a whirlwind{H5492}: his horses{H5483} are swifter{H7043}{(H8804)} than eagles{H5404}. Woe{H188} unto us! for we are spoiled{H7703}{(H8795)}.
  • Isa 5:26-28 : 26 And he will lift up{H5375}{(H8804)} an ensign{H5251} to the nations{H1471} from far{H7350}, and will hiss{H8319}{(H8804)} unto them from the end{H7097} of the earth{H776}: and, behold, they shall come{H935}{(H8799)} with speed{H4120} swiftly{H7031}: 27 None shall be weary{H5889} nor stumble{H3782}{(H8802)} among them; none shall slumber{H5123}{(H8799)} nor sleep{H3462}{(H8799)}; neither shall the girdle{H232} of their loins{H2504} be loosed{H6605}{(H8738)}, nor the latchet{H8288} of their shoes{H5275} be broken{H5423}{(H8738)}: 28 Whose arrows{H2671} are sharp{H8150}{(H8802)}, and all their bows{H7198} bent{H1869}{(H8803)}, their horses{H5483}' hoofs{H6541} shall be counted{H2803}{(H8738)} like flint{H6862}, and their wheels{H1534} like a whirlwind{H5492}:
  • Hab 1:8 : 8 Their horses{H5483} also are swifter{H7043}{(H8804)} than the leopards{H5246}, and are more fierce{H2300}{(H8804)} than the evening{H6153} wolves{H2061}: and their horsemen{H6571} shall spread{H6335}{(H8804)} themselves, and their horsemen{H6571} shall come{H935}{(H8799)} from far{H7350}; they shall fly{H5774}{(H8799)} as the eagle{H5404} that hasteth{H2363}{(H8804)} to eat{H398}{(H8800)}.
  • Isa 30:16-17 : 16 But ye said{H559}{(H8799)}, No; for we will flee{H5127}{(H8799)} upon horses{H5483}; therefore shall ye flee{H5127}{(H8799)}: and, We will ride{H7392}{(H8799)} upon the swift{H7031}; therefore shall they that pursue{H7291}{(H8802)} you be swift{H7043}{(H8735)}. 17 One{H259} thousand{H505} shall flee at{H6440} the rebuke{H1606} of one{H259}; at{H6440} the rebuke{H1606} of five{H2568} shall ye flee{H5127}{(H8799)}: till ye be left{H3498}{(H8738)} as a beacon{H8650} upon the top{H7218} of a mountain{H2022}, and as an ensign{H5251} on an hill{H1389}.
  • Deut 28:49 : 49 The LORD{H3068} shall bring{H5375}{(H8799)} a nation{H1471} against thee from far{H7350}, from the end{H7097} of the earth{H776}, as swift as the eagle{H5404} flieth{H1675}{(H8799)}; a nation{H1471} whose tongue{H3956} thou shalt not understand{H8085}{(H8799)};
  • Matt 24:27-28 : 27 For{G1063} as{G5618} the lightning{G796} cometh{G1831}{(G5736)} out of{G575} the east{G395}, and{G2532} shineth{G5316}{(G5727)} even unto{G2193} the west{G1424}; so{G3779} shall{G2071} also{G2532} the coming{G3952} of the Son{G5207} of man{G444} be{G2071}{(G5704)}. 28 For{G1063} wheresoever{G1437}{G3699} the carcase{G4430} is{G5600}{(G5753)}, there{G1563} will{G4863} the eagles{G105} be gathered together{G4863}{(G5701)}.
  • Hos 8:1 : 1 Set the trumpet{H7782} to thy mouth{H2441}. He shall come as an eagle{H5404} against the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, because they have transgressed{H5674}{(H8804)} my covenant{H1285}, and trespassed{H6586}{(H8804)} against my law{H8451}.
  • Amos 2:14 : 14 Therefore the flight{H4498} shall perish{H6}{(H8804)} from the swift{H7031}, and the strong{H2389} shall not strengthen{H553}{(H8762)} his force{H3581}, neither shall the mighty{H1368} deliver{H4422}{(H8762)} himself{H5315}:
  • Amos 9:1-3 : 1 I saw{H7200}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} standing{H5324}{(H8737)} upon the altar{H4196}: and he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Smite{H5221}{(H8685)} the lintel of the door{H3730}, that the posts{H5592} may shake{H7493}{(H8799)}: and cut{H1214}{(H8798)} them in the head{H7218}, all of them; and I will slay{H2026}{(H8799)} the last{H319} of them with the sword{H2719}: he that fleeth{H5127}{(H8801)} of them shall not flee away{H5127}{(H8799)}, and he that escapeth{H6412} of them shall not be delivered{H4422}{(H8735)}. 2 Though they dig{H2864}{(H8799)} into hell{H7585}, thence shall mine hand{H3027} take{H3947}{(H8799)} them; though they climb up{H5927}{(H8799)} to heaven{H8064}, thence will I bring them down{H3381}{(H8686)}: 3 And though they hide{H2244}{(H8735)} themselves in the top{H7218} of Carmel{H3760}, I will search{H2664}{(H8762)} and take them out{H3947}{(H8804)} thence; and though they be hid{H5641}{(H8735)} from my sight{H5869} in the bottom{H7172} of the sea{H3220}, thence will I command{H6680}{(H8762)} the serpent{H5175}, and he shall bite{H5391}{(H8804)} them: