A bird of prey
  Job 9:26; Matthew 24:28  
 Unclean
  Leviticus 11:13; Deuteronomy 14:12  
 Different kinds of
  Leviticus 11:13,18; Ezekiel 17:3  
 Called the eagle of the heavens
  Lamentations 4:19  
 DESCRIBED AS   Long-sighted
  Job 39:29   
 Swift
  2 Samuel 1:23   
 Soaring to heaven
  Proverbs 23:5   
 Strength of its feathers alluded to
  Daniel 4:33  
 Greatness of its wings alluded to
  Ezekiel 17:3,7  
 Peculiarity of its flight alluded to
  Proverbs 30:19  
 Delights in the lofty cedars
  Ezekiel 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
  Ezekiel 1:10; Revelation 4:7   
 Of great and powerful kings
  Ezekiel 17:3; Hosea 8:1   
 (Renewed strength and beauty of,) of the renewal of saints
  Psalm 103:5   
 (Mode of teaching her young to fly,) of God's care of his Church
  Exodus 19:4; Deuteronomy 32:11   
 (Wings of,) of protection afforded to the church
  Revelation 12:14   
 (Upward flight of,) of the saint's rapid progress toward Heaven
  Isaiah 40:31   
 (Swiftness of,) of the melting away of riches
  Proverbs 23:5   
 (Swiftness of,) of the swiftness of hostile armies
  Deuteronomy 28:49; Jeremiah 4:13; 48:40; Lamentations 4:19   
 (Height and security of its dwelling,) of the fancied but Fatal security of the wicked
  Jeremiah 49:16; Obadiah 1:4   
 (Increase baldness of, in the moulting season,) of Calamities
  Micah 1:16   
 (Hasting to the prey,) of the swiftness of man's days
  Job 9:26   
 Was the standard of the Roman armies
  Matthew 24:15,28