Habakkuk 1:8

New Century Version

Their horses are faster than leopards and quicker than wolves at sunset. Their horse soldiers attack quickly; they come from places far away. They attack quickly, like an eagle swooping down for food.

Cross References

Job 9:26

They glide past like paper boats. They attack like eagles swooping down to feed.

Isaiah 11:14

But Israel and Judah will attack the Philistines on the west. Together they will take the riches from the people of the east. They will conquer Edom and Moab, and the people of Ammon will be under their control.

Jeremiah 4:13

Look! The enemy rises up like a cloud, and his chariots come like a tornado. His horses are faster than eagles. How terrible it will be for us! We are ruined!

Jeremiah 48:40

This is what the Lord says: “Look! Someone is coming, like an eagle diving down from the sky and spreading its wings over Moab.

Jeremiah 5:6

So a lion from the forest will attack them. A wolf from the desert will kill them. A leopard is waiting for them near their towns. It will tear to pieces anyone who comes out of the city, because the people of Judah have sinned greatly. They have wandered away from the Lord many times.

Jeremiah 50:42

Their armies have bows and spears. The soldiers are cruel and have no mercy. As the soldiers come riding on their horses, the sound is loud like the roaring sea. They stand in their places, ready for battle. They are ready to attack you, city of Babylon.

Lamentations 4:19

Those who chased us were faster than eagles in the sky. They ran us into the mountains and ambushed us in the desert.

Ezekiel 17:12

“Say now to the people who refuse to obey: ‘Do you know what these things mean?’ Say: ‘The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and took the king and important men of Jerusalem and brought them to Babylon.

Ezekiel 17:3

Say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: A giant eagle with big wings and long feathers of many different colors came to Lebanon and took hold of the top of a cedar tree.

Ezekiel 26:11

The hoofs of his horses will run over your streets. He will kill your army with the sword, and your strong pillars will fall down to the ground.

Hosea 8:1

“Put the trumpet to your lips and give the warning! The enemy swoops down on the Lord’s people like an eagle. The Israelites have broken my agreement and have turned against my teachings.

Nahum 2:5

He calls his officers, but they stumble on the way. They hurry to the city wall, and the shield is put into place.

Zephaniah 3:3

Its officers are like roaring lions. Its rulers are like hungry wolves that attack in the evening, and in the morning nothing is left of those they attacked.

Matthew 24:28

Wherever the dead body is, there the vultures will gather.

Luke 17:37

The followers asked Jesus, “Where will this be, Lord?” Jesus answered, “Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather.”

Deuteronomy 28:49

The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the world, and it will swoop down like an eagle. You won’t understand their language,