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Poetic visual interpretation: An eagle high above rugged hills, explicit poetic comparison, no ambush invented.
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Lamentations 4:19

Pursuers Swifter Than Eagles

Splendor Lost and Guilt Exposed · Lamentations 4

Story guide: Visual essay for Lamentations 4:19. An eagle high above rugged hills, explicit poetic comparison, no ambush invented. This composition interprets the poem; it does not identify a historical participant or add an event.

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19Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens; on the mountains they pursued us; in the wilderness they lay in wait for us.

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