Each of the cherubim<n id="1" /> had four faces: The first was the face of a cherub,<n id="2" /> the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Sound the alarm!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">An eagle<n id="2" /> looms over the temple of the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">For they have broken their covenant with me,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and have rebelled against my law.p>

<p class="poetry">Their horses are faster than leopardsp> <p class="poetry">and more alert<n id="1" /> than wolves in the desert.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Their horses<n id="3" /> gallop,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">their horses come a great distance;p> <p class="poetry">like a vulture<n id="5" /> they swoop down quickly to devour their prey.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">The terror you inspire in others<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the arrogance of your heart have deceived you.p> <p class="poetry">You may make your home in the clefts of the rocks;p> <p class="poetry">you may occupy the highest places in the hills.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">But even if you made your home where the eagles nest,p> <p class="poetry">I would bring you down from there,&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

Say to them: &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;A great eagle<n id="2" /> with broad wings, long feathers,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">with full plumage which was multi-hued,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">came to Lebanon<n id="5" /> and took the top of the cedar.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;There was another great eagle<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">with broad wings and thick plumage.p> <p class="poetry">Now this vine twisted its roots toward himp> <p class="poetry">and sent its branches toward himp> <p class="poetry">to be watered from the soil where it was planted.p>