The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent on a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maiden.
Jeremiah 48:40 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) For thus says the LORD: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Mo'av. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For thus says the Lord: Behold, he [Babylon] shall fly swiftly like an eagle and shall spread out his wings against Moab. [Ezek. 17:3.] American Standard Version (1901) For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab. Common English Bible The LORD proclaims: Look! One who soars like an eagle and spreads its wings over Moab. Catholic Public Domain Version Thus says the Lord: "Behold, he will fly like the eagle, and he will extend his wings to Moab. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thus saith the Lord: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle and shall stretch forth his wings to Moab. |
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent on a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maiden.
They will fly down on the shoulders of the Pelishtim on the west. Together they will plunder the children of the east. They will extend their power over Edom and Mo'av, and the children of `Ammon will obey them.
It will sweep onward into Yehudah. It will overflow and pass through; it will reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings will fill the breadth of your land, Immanu'el.
Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots [shall be] as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! for we are ruined.
Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Botzrah: and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky: They chased us on the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: A great eagle with great wings and long feathers, full of feathers, which had various colors, came to Levanon, and took the top of the cedar:
The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I saw until the wings of it were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand on two feet as a man; and a man's heart was given to it.
*Put the shofar to your lips! Something like an eagle is over the LORD's house, because they have broken my covenant, and rebelled against my law.
Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.
The LORD will bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies; a nation whose language you shall not understand;