Wings

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

With His pinion He covereth thee over, And under His wings thou dost trust, A shield and buckler <FI>is<Fi> His truth.

Ye--ye have seen that which I have done to the Egyptians, and I bear you on eagles' wings, and bring you in unto Myself.

Seraphs are standing above it: six wings hath each one; with two <FI>each<Fi> covereth its face, and with two <FI>each<Fi> covereth its feet, and with two <FI>each<Fi> flieth.

and there were given to the woman two wings of the great eagle, that she may fly to the wilderness, to her place, where she is nourished a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent;

Jehovah doth recompense thy work, and thy reward is complete from Jehovah, God of Israel, under whose wings thou hast come to take refuge.'

How precious <FI>is<Fi> Thy kindness, O God, And the sons of men In the shadow of Thy wings do trust.

As an eagle waketh up its nest, Over its young ones fluttereth, Spreadeth its wings--taketh them, Beareth them on its pinions; --

`And the cherubs have been spreading out wings on high, covering the mercy-seat over with their wings, and their faces <FI>are<Fi> one towards another--towards the mercy-seat are the faces of the cherubs.

of the hospitality be not forgetful, for through this unawares certain did entertain messengers;

Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; In shadow of Thy wings thou dost hide me.

And the four living creatures, each by itself severally, had six wings, around and within <FI>are<Fi> full of eyes, and rest they have not day and night, saying, `Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is coming;'

are they not all spirits of service--for ministration being sent forth because of those about to inherit salvation?

For Thou hast been a help to me, And in the shadow of Thy wings I sing.

And I look, and lo, on the expanse that <FI>is<Fi> above the head of the cherubs, as a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne, He hath been seen over them. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --`Destroy not.' --A secret treasure of David, in his fleeing from the face of Saul into a cave. Favour me, O God, favour me, For in Thee is my soul trusting, And in the shadow of Thy wings I trust, Until the calamities pass over.

`Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto her, how often did I will to gather together thy children, as a hen her brood under the wings, and ye did not will.

And I lift up mine eyes, and see, and lo, two women are coming forth, and wind in their wings; and they have wings like wings of the stork, and they lift up the ephah between the earth and the heavens.

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel hath seen a dream, and the visions of his head on his bed, then the dream he hath written, the chief of the things he hath said. — read the full passage →

because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created,

In the year of the death of king Uzziah--I see the Lord, sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and His train is filling the temple. — read the full passage →

For His messengers He chargeth for thee, To keep thee in all thy ways,

`Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that art killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto thee, how often did I will to gather thy children together, as a hen doth gather her own chickens under the wings, and ye did not will.

And it cometh to pass, in the thirtieth year, in the fourth <FI>month<Fi> , in the fifth of the month, and I <FI>am<Fi> in the midst of the Removed by the river Chebar, the heavens have been opened, and I see visions of God. — read the full passage →

The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.

`Beware! --ye may not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their messengers in the heavens do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens,

messengers also, those who did not keep their own principality, but did leave their proper dwelling, to a judgment of a great day, in bonds everlasting, under darkness He hath kept,

For if God messengers who sinned did not spare, but with chains of thick gloom, having cast <FI>them<Fi> down to Tartarus, did deliver <FI>them<Fi> to judgment, having been reserved,

let no one beguile you of your prize, delighting in humble-mindedness and <FI>in<Fi> worship of the messengers, intruding into the things he hath not seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,

And it came to pass, while they are perplexed about this, that lo, two men stood by them in glittering apparel,

for in the rising again they do not marry, nor are they given in marriage, but are as messengers of God in heaven.

And flee unto me doth one of the seraphs, and in his hand a burning coal, (with tongs he hath taken <FI>it<Fi> from off the altar,)

yet Michael, the chief messenger, when, with the devil contending, he was disputing about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring up an evil-speaking judgment, but said, `The Lord rebuke thee!'

yea, while I am speaking in prayer, then that one Gabriel, whom I had seen in vision at the commencement, being caused to fly swiftly, is coming unto me at the time of the evening present.

The first <FI>is<Fi> like a lion, and it hath an eagle's wings. I was seeing till that its wings have been plucked, and it hath been lifted up from the earth, and on feet as a man it hath been caused to stand, and a heart of man is given to it.

Four faces <FI>are<Fi> to each, and four wings to each, and the likeness of the hands of man <FI>is<Fi> under their wings.

The burden of Damascus. Lo, Damascus is taken away from <FI>being<Fi> a city, And it hath been a heap--a ruin. — read the full passage →

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually,

I sojourn in Thy tent to the ages, I trust in the secret place of Thy wings. Selah.

And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst.

And a messenger of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, `Arise, and go on toward the south, on the way that is going down from Jerusalem to Gaza,' --this is desert.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

for neither are they able to die any more--for they are like messengers--and they are sons of God, being sons of the rising again.

`And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers to the bosom of Abraham--and the rich man also died, and was buried;

`So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'

And in the sixth month was the messenger Gabriel sent by God, to a city of Galilee, the name of which <FI>is<Fi> Nazareth,

`And the head of the kingdom of Persia is standing over-against me twenty and one days, and lo, Michael, first of the chief heads, hath come in to help me, and I have remained there near the kings of Persia;

Bless Jehovah, ye His messengers, Mighty in power--doing His word, To hearken to the voice of His Word.

And Elisha prayeth, and saith, `Jehovah, open, I pray Thee, his eyes, and he doth see;' and Jehovah openeth the eyes of the young man, and he seeth, and lo, the hill is full of horses and chariots of fire, round about Elisha.

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and I saw out of the sea a beast coming up, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon its horns ten diadems, and upon its heads a name of evil speaking, — read the full passage →

And there came war in the heaven; Michael and his messengers did war against the dragon, and the dragon did war, and his messengers,

After these things I saw, and lo, a door opened in the heaven, and the first voice that I heard <FI>is<Fi> as of a trumpet speaking with me, saying, `Come up hither, and I will shew thee what it behoveth to come to pass after these things;' — read the full passage →

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

who is opposing and is raising himself up above all called God or worshipped, so that he in the sanctuary of God as God hath sat down, shewing himself off that he is God--<FI> the day doth not come<Fi> .

Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers;

and lo, a hand hath come against me, and shaketh me on my knees and the palms of my hands. — read the full passage →

And <FI>one<Fi> hath said in that day, `Lo, this <FI>is<Fi> our God, We waited for Him, and He saveth us, This <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, we have waited for Him, We joy and rejoice in His salvation.'

In the year of the death of king Uzziah--I see the Lord, sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and His train is filling the temple. — read the full passage →

and thy maid-servant saith, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be for ease; for as a messenger of God so <FI>is<Fi> my lord the king, to understand the good and the evil; and Jehovah thy God is with thee.'

And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host;

to whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they were ministering these, which now were told to you (through those who did proclaim good news to you,) in the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, to which things messengers do desire to bend looking.

But, ye came to Mount Zion, and to a city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of messengers, — read the full passage →

because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created, — read the full passage →

And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already <FI>is<Fi> to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer <FI>is<Fi> our salvation than when we did believe;

Because of this did God give them up to dishonourable affections, for even their females did change the natural use into that against nature;

I will no more talk much with you, for the ruler of this world doth come, and in me he hath nothing;

and being amazed, and becoming affrighted, they were thinking themselves to see a spirit. — read the full passage →

And the messenger answering said to him, `I am Gabriel, who have been standing near before God, and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to proclaim these good news to thee,

`And when ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (whoever is reading let him understand), then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains;

and lo, there came a great earthquake, for a messenger of the Lord, having come down out of heaven, having come, did roll away the stone from the door, and was sitting upon it, — read the full passage →

`And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known--not even the messengers of the heavens--except my Father only;

And gone forth hath Jehovah, And He hath fought against those nations, As in the day of His fighting in a day of conflict. — read the full passage →

And the messenger who is speaking with me doth turn back, and stir me up as one who is stirred up out of his sleep, — read the full passage →

Lo, as an eagle he cometh up, and flieth, And he spreadeth his wings over Bozrah, And the heart of the mighty of Edom hath been in that day, As the heart of a distressed woman!'

The burden of Egypt. Lo, Jehovah is riding on a swift thick cloud, And He hath entered Egypt, And moved have been the idols of Egypt at His presence, And the heart of Egypt melteth in its midst. — read the full passage →

A Song, --A Psalm of Asaph. O God, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God. — read the full passage →

A messenger of Jehovah is encamping, Round about those who fear Him, And He armeth them.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

And God heareth the voice of the youth; and the messenger of God calleth unto Hagar from the heavens, and saith to her, `What to thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath hearkened unto the voice of the youth where he <FI>is<Fi> ; — read the full passage →

and he lifteth up his eyes and looketh, and lo, three men standing by him, and he seeth, and runneth to meet them from the opening of the tent, and boweth himself towards the earth,

and before the throne <FI>is<Fi> a sea of glass like to crystal, and in the midst of the throne, and round the throne, <FI>are<Fi> four living creatures, full of eyes before and behind; — read the full passage →

But, ye came to Mount Zion, and to a city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of messengers,

because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

in which once ye did walk according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience,

and no wonder--for even the Adversary doth transform himself into a messenger of light;

for there stood by me this night a messenger of God--whose I am, and whom I serve--

and they said, `Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved--thou and thy house;'

which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed those who declared before about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye betrayers and murderers have become, — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

Then doth the Devil leave him, and lo, messengers came and were ministering to him.

And risen to you, ye who fear My name, Hath the sun of righteousness--and healing in its wings, And ye have gone forth, and have increased as calves of a stall.

Persia, Cush, and Phut, with them, All of them <FI>with<Fi> shield and helmet.

even a noise of the wings of the living creatures touching one another, and a noise of the wheels over-against them, even a noise of a great rushing.

and I fell before his feet, to bow before him, and he saith to me, `See--not! fellow servant of thee am I, and of thy brethren, those having the testimony of Jesus; bow before God, for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of the prophecy.'

And I saw another messenger flying in mid-heaven, having good news age-during to proclaim to those dwelling upon the earth, and to every nation, and tribe, and tongue, and people,

because of this be glad, ye heavens, and those in them who do tabernacle; woe to those inhabiting the land and the sea, because the Devil did go down unto you, having great wrath, having known that he hath little time.'

And a great sign was seen in the heaven, a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars, — read the full passage →

And I saw, and I heard the voice of many messengers round the throne, and the living creatures, and the elders--and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands-- — read the full passage →

and the first living creature <FI>is<Fi> like a lion, and the second living creature <FI>is<Fi> like a calf, and the third living creature hath the face as a man, and the fourth living creature <FI>is<Fi> like an eagle flying.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →