(27) Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? (28) She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. (29) From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. (30) Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
The chapter closes with the relation of the eagle; and, in many parts of the word of GOD, instruction is conveyed to the church and people of GOD from this bird. But perhaps the most beautiful and most striking is that wherein the LORD himself condescends to represent his solicitude and care over his people, under the similitude of the eagle. Ye have seen (saith the LORD) what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagle's wings. Exodus 19:4. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings; so the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him. Deuteronomy 32:11-12.