FROM TORREY’S TOPICAL TEXTBOOK (1897)

Torrey’s Topical Textbook (1897) — public domain, printed whole.

- A bird of prey

Job 9:26; Mt 24:28

- Unclean

Le 11:13; De 14:12

- Different kinds of

Le 11:13,18; Eze 17:3

- Called the eagle of the heavens

La 4:19

- DESCRIBED AS

. Long-sighted

Job 39:29

. Swift

2Sa 1:23

. Soaring to heaven

Pr 23:5

- Strength of its feathers alluded to

Da 4:33

- Greatness of its wings alluded to

Eze 17:3,7

- Peculiarity of its flight alluded to

Pr 30:19

- Delights in the lofty cedars

Eze 17:3,4

- Dwells in the high rocks

Job 39:27,28

- Feeds her young with blood

Job 39:29,30

- ILLUSTRATIVE

. Of wisdom and zeal of God's ministers

Eze 1:10; Re 4:7

. Of great and powerful kings

Eze 17:3; Ho 8:1

. (Renewed strength and beauty of,) of the renewal of saints

Ps 103:5

. (Mode of teaching her young to fly,) of God's care of his

church

Ex 19:4; De 32:11

. (Wings of,) of protection afforded to the church

Re 12:14

. (Upward flight of,) of the saint's rapid progress toward

heaven

Isa 40:31

. (Swiftness of,) of the melting away of riches

Pr 23:5

. (Swiftness of,) of the swiftness of hostile armies

De 28:49; Jer 4:13; 48:40; La 4:19

. (Height and security of its dwelling,) of the fancied but

fatal security of the wicked

Jer 49:16; Ob 1:4

. (Increase baldness of, in the moulting season,) of

calamities

Mic 1:16

. (Hasting to the prey,) of the swiftness of man's days

Job 9:26

- Was the standard of the Roman armies

Mt 24:15,28