Saul and Jonathan, loved and delightful, they were not parted in life or in death. They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.
Jeremiah 4:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Look, he advances like clouds; his chariots are like a storm. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, [the enemy] comes up like clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined (destroyed)! American Standard Version (1901) Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are ruined. Common English Bible Look! He approaches like the clouds; his chariots advance like a tempest, his horses swifter than eagles. How horrible! We’re doomed! Catholic Public Domain Version 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!' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold, he shall come up as a cloud, and his chariots as a tempest: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us, for we are laid waste! |
Saul and Jonathan, loved and delightful, they were not parted in life or in death. They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.
They are coming from a distant land, from the farthest horizon – the Lord and the weapons of his wrath – to destroy the whole country.
A pronouncement concerning Egypt: Look, the Lord rides on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt. Egypt’s worthless idols will tremble before him, and Egypt will lose heart.
For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they have spoken and acted against the Lord, defying his glorious presence.
Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows strung. Their horses’ hooves are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.
Look, the Lord will come with fire – his chariots are like the whirlwind – to execute his anger with fury and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Woe to me because of my brokenness – I am severely wounded! I exclaimed, ‘This is my intense suffering, but I must bear it.’
a wind too strong for this comes at my call. Now I will also pronounce judgements against them.” ’
I hear a cry like a woman in labour, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child. The cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands: ‘Woe is me, for my life is weary because of the murderers! ’
As I live – this is the King’s declaration; the Lord of Armies is his name – the king of Babylon will come like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.
For this is what the Lord says: Look! He will swoop down like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab.
Look! It will be like an eagle soaring upwards, then swooping down and spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.
They grasp bow and javelin. They are cruel and show no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses, lined up like men in battle formation against you, Daughter Zion.
For a sound of lamentation is heard from Zion: How devastated we are. We are greatly ashamed, for we have abandoned the land; our dwellings have been torn down.
Those who chased us were swifter than eagles in the sky; they relentlessly pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
His horses will be so numerous that their dust will cover you. When he enters your gates as an army entering a breached city, your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, carts, and chariots.
You, all of your troops, and many peoples with you will advance, coming like a thunderstorm; you will be like a cloud covering the land.
‘At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships. He will invade countries and sweep through them like a flood.
‘The first was like a lion but had eagle’s wings. I continued watching until its wings were torn off. It was lifted up from the ground, set on its feet like a man, and given a human mind.
Put the ram’s horn to your mouth! One like an eagle comes against the house of the Lord, because they transgress my covenant and rebel against my law.
In that day one will take up a taunt against you and lament mournfully, saying, ‘We are totally ruined! He measures out the allotted land of my people. How he removes it from me! He allots our fields to traitors.’
The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath his feet.
Their horses are swifter than leopards and fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead; their horsemen come from distant lands. They fly like eagles, swooping to devour.
Then I looked up again and saw four chariots coming from between two mountains. The mountains were made of bronze.
Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the peoples of the earth will mourn; and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
The Lord will bring a nation from far away, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down on you like an eagle, a nation whose language you won’t understand,
Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth , will mourn over him. ,, So it is to be. Amen.