Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Lamentations 4:19
persecutors: Deuteronomy 28:49, Isaiah 5:26-Hosea :, Isaiah 30:16, Isaiah 30:17, Jeremiah 4:13, Hosea 8:1, Habakkuk 1:8, Matthew 24:27, Matthew 24:28 the eagles: The eagle, whose wings are of an extraordinary length, darts with amazing rapidity through the voids of heaven. they pursued: Amos 2:14, Amos 9:1-Leviticus : Reciprocal: Leviticus 11:13 - the eagle 2 Samuel 1:23 - swifter 2 Kings 25:6 - they took Job 9:26 - as the eagle Jeremiah 48:40 - he shall Jeremiah 52:8 - General... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Lamentations 4:19
Lam 4:19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. Ver. 19. Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles. ] Those swiftest of all fowl, whom Pindarus therefore calleth the queen of birds as the dolphin of fishes, for like swiftness. The Egyptians, their pretended helpers, were slow as snails; the Chaldees swifter than eagles. They pursued us. ] Or, They chased us, or traced us, like bloodhounds. ... read more