Habakkuk 1:8

God's Word

Their horses will be faster than leopards and quicker than wolves in the evening. Their riders will gallop along proudly. Their riders will come from far away. They will fly like an eagle that swoops down for its prey.

Cross References

Job 9:26

They pass by quickly like boats made from reeds, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

Isaiah 11:14

They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia in the west. Together they will loot the people of the east. They will conquer Edom and Moab. The people of Ammon will be subject to them.

Jeremiah 4:13

The enemy comes up like clouds. His chariots are like a raging wind. His horses are faster than eagles. How horrible it will be for us! We will be destroyed!

Jeremiah 48:40

“This is what the Lord says: The enemy will swoop down like eagles and spread their wings over Moab.

Jeremiah 5:6

That is why a lion from the forest will attack them. A wolf from the wilderness will destroy them. A leopard will lie in ambush outside their cities. All who leave the cities will be torn to pieces, because they rebel so often and they become more and more unfaithful.

Jeremiah 50:42

They will take hold of bows and spears. They will be cruel and have no compassion. They will sound like the sea when it roars. They will ride horses. They are ready for war, ready to attack you, people of Babylon.

Lamentations 4:19

Those who were hunting us were faster than eagles in the sky. They chased us in the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.

Ezekiel 17:12

“Ask these rebellious people, ‘Don’t you know what this means?’ Tell them, ‘The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and captured its king and its leaders. He brought them home with him to Babylon.

Ezekiel 17:3

Say, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: A large eagle came to Lebanon. It had large wings with long, colorful feathers. It took hold of the top of a cedar tree.

Ezekiel 26:11

With his horses’ hoofs he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people in battle, and your strong pillars will fall to the ground.

Hosea 8:1

“Sound the alarm on the ram’s horn. The enemy swoops down on the Lord’s temple like an eagle. The people of Israel have rejected my promise and rebelled against my teachings.

Nahum 2:5

He remembers his best fighting men. They stumble over themselves as they march. They hurry to Nineveh’s wall. The shield has been set up for the battering ram.

Zephaniah 3:3

Its officials are ⌞like⌟ roaring lions. Its judges are ⌞like⌟ wolves in the evening. They leave nothing to gnaw on for the morning.

Matthew 24:28

Vultures will gather wherever there is a dead body.

Luke 17:37

They asked him, “Where, Lord?” Jesus told them, “Vultures will gather wherever there is a dead body.”

Deuteronomy 28:49

The Lord will bring against you a nation from far away, from the ends of the earth. The nation will swoop down on you like an eagle. It will be a nation whose language you won’t understand.