Isa 31:5

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birds.

Isa 10:14; Exod 19:4; Deut 32:11; Ps 46:5; Ps 91:4

defending.

Ps 37:40

passing.

Or rather, as Bp. Lowth renders, "leaping forward," {pasoach.} As the mother bird spreads her wings to cover her young, throws herself before them, and opposes the rapacious bird that assaults them; so shall Jehovah protect, as with a shield, Jerusalem from the enemy, protecting and delivering, springing forward and rescuing her.

Ex 12:27