They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey. Cross References Deuteronomy 28:49 The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle--a nation whose language you will not understand, Job 39:29 From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar. Isaiah 18:2 which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers. Habakkuk 1:8 Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour. Treasury of Scripture They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hastens to the prey. swift ships. Job 39:27-30 2 Samuel 1:23 Proverbs 23:5 |