Torrey's Topical Index

Eagle, The

A bird of prey—Job 9:26; Mt 24:28

Unclean—Le 11:13; De 14:12

Different kinds of—Le 11:13,18; Eze 17:3

Called the eagle of the heavens—La 4:19

DESCRIBED AS

Long-sighted
—Job 39:29
Swift
—2Sa 1:23
Soaring to heaven
—Pr 23:5

Strength of its feathers alluded to—Da 4:33

Greatness of its wings alluded to—Eze 17:3,7

Peculiarity of its flight alluded to—Pr 30:19

Delights in the lofty cedars—Eze 17:3,4

Dwells in the high rocks—Job 39:27,28

Feeds her young with blood—Job 39:29,30

ILLUSTRATIVE

Of wisdom and zeal of God's ministers
—Eze 1:10; Re 4:7
Of great and powerful kings
—Eze 17:3; Ho 8:1
(Renewed strength and beauty of,) of the renewal of saints
—Ps 103:5
(Mode of teaching her young to fly,) of God's care of his
church—Ex 19:4; De 32:11
(Wings of,) of protection afforded to the church
—Re 12:14
(Upward flight of,) of the saint's rapid progress toward
heaven—Isa 40:31
(Swiftness of,) of the melting away of riches
—Pr 23:5
(Swiftness of,) of the swiftness of hostile armies
—De 28:49; Jer 4:13; 48:40; La 4:19
(Height and security of its dwelling,) of the fancied but
fatal security of the wicked—Jer 49:16; Ob 1:4
(Increase baldness of, in the moulting season,) of
calamities—Mic 1:16
(Hasting to the prey,) of the swiftness of man's days
—Job 9:26

Was the standard of the Roman armies—Mt 24:15,28