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Birds of Prey

BIRDS OF PREY

pra: They were undoubtedly the first birds noticed by the compilers of Biblical records. They were camp followers, swarmed over villages and perched on the walls of cities. They were offensive in manner and odor, and of a boldness unknown to us in birds. They flocked in untold numbers, there was small defense against them, and the largest and strongest not only carried away meat prepared for food and sacrifice, but also preyed upon the much-prized house pigeons, newly born of the smaller animals, and even at times attacked young children. See Genesis 15:11, "And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away." Because they were attracted from above the clouds by anything suitable for food, people recognized that these were birds of unusual vision. When Job wanted to tell how perfectly the path to the gold mine was concealed, he wrote, "That path no bird of prey knoweth" (Job 28:7). The inference is, that, if it were so perfectly concealed that it escaped the piercing eyes of these birds, it was not probable that man would find it. These birds were so strong, fierce and impudent that everyone feared them, and when the prophets gave warning that people would be left for birds of prey to ravage, they fully understood what was meant, and they were afraid (Isaiah 18:6). In His complaint against His heritage, Yahweh questions, "Is my heritage unto me as a speckled bird of prey? are the birds of prey against her round about?" (Jeremiah 12:9). And when he prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem, Jeremiah painted a dreadful picture, but one no doubt often seen in that land of pillage and warfare: "Their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth" (Jeremiah 19:7).

Gene Stratton-Porter

Strong's Hebrew
5861. ayit -- a bird of prey
... Word Origin from it Definition a bird of prey NASB Word Usage bird of prey (3),
birds of prey (4), predatory (1). bird, fowl, ravenous bird. ...
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Of the Fifth Day.
... blessing from God. But the monsters of the deep and the birds of prey are
a similitude of covetous men and transgressors. For as the ...
/.../theophilus/theophilus to autolycus/chapter xvi of the fifth day.htm

How Abram Fought with the Assyrians, and Overcame Them, and Saved ...
... After which, before he built his altar, where the birds of prey flew about, as desirous
of blood, a Divine voice came to him, declaring that their neighbors ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 10 how abram fought.htm

Whether There was any Reasonable Cause for the Ceremonial ...
... For the same reason they were forbidden to eat certain birds of prey the flesh of
which is very dry, and certain water-fowl on account of their exceeding ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether there was any reasonable.htm

The Birth of Cyrus.
... had sent for a herdsman, whose pastures extended to wild and desolate forests and
mountains"the gloomy haunts of wild beasts and birds of prey"intending to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/cyrus the great/chapter ii the birth of.htm

Chapter xv
... 11, 12. The birds of prey came down upon the carcases, but Abram drove them
away. And the sun was about to go down, and a deep sleep ...
//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xv.htm

Of the Renewed World.
... Throughout this time beasts shall not be nourished by blood, nor birds by
prey; but all things shall be peaceful and tranquil. Lions ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap xxiv of the renewed world.htm

Kate Lee's Secret
... He had to wait for the fire. He prayed all day, even until eventide, and then the
birds of prey came down; but he stood by the sacrifice and drove them off. ...
/.../carpenter/the angel adjutant of twice born men/xiii kate lees secret.htm

The Creation of Fowl and Water Animals.
... Some are gregarious, except the birds of prey who know no other society than conjugal
union; but innumerable kinds, doves, cranes, starlings, jackdaws, like a ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/homily viii the creation of.htm

The Book of Enoch
... chosen people being denoted by domesticated animals, as cows and sheep, while heathen
and oppressive enemies are designated as wild beasts and birds of prey. ...
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The Absolute Godhood of God is Seen in Administration
... as when the fires of Nebuchadnezzar'sfurnace burnt not, as when the hungry lions
touched not Daniel, as when the ravens, which are birds of prey, were made to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the godhood of god/2 the absolute godhood of.htm

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Were fish and sea creatures also destroyed during the Flood (Genesis 6-8)? | GotQuestions.org

How can Christian parents deal with empty-nest syndrome? | GotQuestions.org

What made some animals clean and others unclean (Genesis 7)? | GotQuestions.org

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