Isaiah 60:8
Who are these who fly like clouds, like doves to their shelters?
BSB
ASV
Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
KJV
Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
For the soul has flights, as has been said, "Who are these that fly like clouds and like doves with their young?" You see, the soul has spiritual flights that, in a brief moment, circle the whole globe. For the thoughts of wise people are free and, insofar as they rise up from lower to higher shadows, so much and more they fly without the hindrance of any earthly weight, and they are the more carried along by the beating of spiritual wings onto that ethereal and rarefied place; [the soul] despises all worldly things.
And as the doves to their windows “And like doves upon the wing?” - Instead of אל el, to, forty-two MSS. of Kennicott’s, and one of mine, have by על, upon. For ארבתיהם arubboteyhem, their windows, read אברתיהם ebrotheyhem, their wings, transposing a letter. - Houbigant. The Septuagint render it συν νεοσσοις, “with their young;” they read אפרחיהם ephrocheyhem, nearer to the latter than to the present reading. - L.
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Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set…
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I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
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Revelation 7:9After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes…
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And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and…
They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the King of Israel!”
Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples!