Holy Scripture
Job 39:27
A church father on this verse
“The eagle is Christ. The high rock is the cross. The young ones licking the blood are the souls of the saints, who feed on Christ's blood flowing from his side, that blood that also the nations of the believers enjoy like young ones of the heavenly eagle.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
27And does the eagle rise at thy command, And the vulture remain sitting over his nest,
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25And when the trumpet sounds, he says, Aha! And afar off he smells the war with prancing and neighing.
26And does the hawk remain steady by thy wisdom, Having spread out her wings unmoved, looking toward the region of the south?
— Job 39:27 —
28On a crag of a rock, and in a secret place?
29Thence he seeks food, His eyes observe from far.