Lamentations 4:19

Lam 4:19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

Ver. 19. Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles. ] Those swiftest of all fowl, whom Pindarus therefore calleth the queen of birds as the dolphin of fishes, for like swiftness. The Egyptians, their pretended helpers, were slow as snails; the Chaldees swifter than eagles.

They pursued us. ] Or, They chased us, or traced us, like bloodhounds.

They laid wait for us in the wilderness. ] They met us at every turn, and left us no means of escape.