Habakkuk 1:8

Catholic Public Domain Version

Their horses are more nimble than leopards and swifter than wolves in the evening; their horsemen will spread out. And then their horsemen will approach from far away; they will fly like the eagle, hurrying to devour.

Cross References

Job 9:26

They have passed by like ships carrying fruits, just like an eagle flying to food.

Isaiah 11:14

And they will fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines through the sea; together they will plunder the sons of the east. Idumea and Moab will be under the rule of their hand, and the sons of Ammon will be obedient.

Jeremiah 4:13

Behold, he will ascend like a cloud, and his chariot will ascend like a tempest. His horses are swifter than eagles. 'Woe to us! For we are being devastated!'

Jeremiah 48:40

Thus says the Lord: "Behold, he will fly like the eagle, and he will extend his wings to Moab.

Jeremiah 5:6

For this reason, a lion from the forest has struck them down, a wolf toward evening has laid waste to them, a leopard lies in wait over their cities. All who go out from there will be taken. For their transgressions have been multiplied; their rebellions have been strengthened.

Jeremiah 50:42

They will take up the bow and the shield. They are cruel and merciless. Their voice will sound out, like the sea, and they will ride upon horses, like a man prepared for battle against you, O daughter of Babylon.

Lamentations 4:19

COPH. Our persecutors have been swifter than the eagles of the sky. They have been pursuing us above the mountains; they have lain in wait for us in the desert.

Ezekiel 17:12

"Say to the provoking house: Do you not know what these things signify? Say: Behold, the king of Babylon arrives in Jerusalem. And he will take away its king and princes, and he will lead them away to himself in Babylon.

Ezekiel 17:3

and you shall say: Thus says the Lord God: A large eagle, with great wings and elongated pinions, full of feathers with many colors, came to Lebanon. And he took the kernel of the cedar.

Ezekiel 26:11

With the hoofs of his horses, he will trample all your streets. He will cut down your people with the sword, and your noble statues will fall to the ground.

Hosea 8:1

Let there be a trumpet in your throat, like an eagle over the house of the Lord, on behalf of those who have transgressed my covenant and violated my law.

Nahum 2:5

He will call to mind his strong ones; they will destroy along their journey. They will quickly ascend its walls, and a shelter will be prepared.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her leaders are in her midst like roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing for the morning.

Matthew 24:28

Wherever the body shall be, there also will the eagles be gathered together.

Luke 17:37

And he said to them, "Wherever the body will be, in that place also, the eagles shall be gathered together."

Deuteronomy 28:49

The Lord will lead over you a nation from far away, even from the furthest parts of the earth, like an eagle flying with great force, whose language you are not able to understand: