Lexicon :: Strong's H5404 - nešer

‘These you shall detest among the birds; they are not to be eaten, for they are [fn]hated things: the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard,

“The LORD will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, [as swift] as the eagle swoops down [to attack], a nation whose language you will not understand,

“As an eagle that protects its nest,

That flutters over its young,

He spread out His wings and took them,

He carried them on His pinions.

“Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely and friends in their lives,

And in their death they were not separated;

They were swifter than eagles,

They were stronger than lions.

“They pass by like the [swift] boats made of reeds,

Like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.

“Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up

And makes his nest on high [in an inaccessible place]?

Who satisfies your years with good things,

So that your youth is renewed like the [soaring] eagle.

When you set your eyes on wealth, it is [suddenly] gone.

For wealth certainly makes itself wings

Like an eagle that flies to the heavens.

The eye that mocks a father

And scorns a mother,

The ravens of the valley will pick it out,

And the young vultures will devour it.

The way of an eagle in the air,

The way of a serpent on a rock,

The way of a ship in the middle of the sea,

And the way of a man with a maid.

But those who wait for the LORD [who expect, look for, and hope in Him]

Will gain new strength and renew their power;

They will lift up their wings [and rise up close to God] like eagles [rising toward the sun];

They will run and not become weary,

They will walk and not grow tired.

“Behold, the enemy comes up like clouds,

His chariots like the whirlwind;

His horses are swifter than eagles.

Woe (judgment is coming) to us, for we are ruined!”

For thus says the LORD:

“Behold, one (Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon) will fly swiftly like an eagle

And spread out his wings against Moab.

“As for Your terror,

The pride and arrogance of your heart have deceived you,

O you who live in the clefts of the rock (Sela also called [fn]Petra),

Who hold and occupy the height of the hill.

Though you make your nest as high as the eagle’s,

I will bring you down from there,” says the LORD.

Our pursuers were swifter

Than the eagles of the sky;

They pursued us on the mountains,

They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.

“There was [also] another great [fn]eagle with great wings and many feathers; and behold, this vine (Zedekiah) bent its roots toward him and sent out its branches toward him, away from the beds where it was planted, for him to water.

Set the trumpet to your lips [announcing impending judgment]!

Like a [great] vulture the enemy comes against the house of the LORD,

Because they have broken My covenant

And transgressed and rebelled against My law.

“Though you build [your nest] on high like the eagle,

Though you set your nest among the stars,

I will bring you down from there,” says the LORD.

Make yourself bald [in mourning]—shave off your hair

For the children of your delight;

Remain as bald as the eagle,

For your children will be taken from you into exile.

“Their horses are swifter than leopards

And keener than [hungry] wolves in the evening,

Their horsemen come galloping,

Their horsemen come from far away;

They fly like an eagle swooping down to devour.