Numbers 11:12
“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.”
King James Version
God as a mother eagle bearing Israel, a metaphor extended to the Messiah who gathers and bears his people.
Fulfillment References
Matthew 23:37 Deuteronomy 32:11-12 Isaiah 63:9
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