Verse 11
stirreth up = fluttereth. Same word as Genesis 1:2 .
nest. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6 , for the young in it. Compare Exodus 19:4 .Isaiah 63:9 .
wings. Hebrew. kanaph: in which lie the feathers .
wings. Hebrew. 'eber : in which lie the strength. We may read verses: Deuteronomy 32:32 , Deuteronomy 32:11 , Deuteronomy 32:12 thus: "As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, He bare him on His pinions: That fluttereth over her young, Jehovah alone did lead him, [So] He spread abroad His wings; He took him; And [there was] no strange god with him. "
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