Holy Scripture
Deuteronomy 32:11
A church father on this verse
“Finally, listen to Moses saying: He spread his wings and took them, and carried them on his shoulders (Deuteronomy 32:11): just as an eagle carries its offspring, which it is accustomed to examine; in order to hold and nurture those who have the true nature of birth, and to observe the grace of incorruptible nature; o…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
11As an eagle would watch over his brood, And yearns over his young, Receives them having spread his wings, And takes them up on his back:
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In context
9And his people Jacob became the portion of the Lord, Israel was the line of his inheritance.
10He maintained him in the wilderness, In burning thirst and a dry land: He led him about and instructed him, And kept him as the apple of an eye.
— Deuteronomy 32:11 —
12The Lord alone led them, There was no strange god with them.
13He brought them up on the strength of the land; He fed them with the fruits of the fields; They sucked honey out of the rock, And oil out of the solid rock.