"They shall mount up with wings as eagles," said the prophet Isaiah.
It does not even seem like a question that needs asking as the casualties mount up with gruesome authenticity.
Foragers emphasize raids and ambushes in which few people are killed, yet casualties can mount up with incessant skirmishes.
Some, however scandal-prone, still "mount up with wings as eagles" in our recollection of their lives.
And Isaiah 40 31, a passage about speed and fatigue and moving forward: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
I compared Dickinson to the Prophet Isaiah, proposing that both authors referred to the strength and courage of hope: "They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint".
4. "But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint".
"Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall exhausted; but those who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint" (Isaiah 40 30-31 NRSV).
Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall exhausted; but those who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
I imagine him reflecting on Isaiah, that we wait upon the Lord; that the Lord shall renew those who wait; that they shall mount up with wings as eagles, and they shall run and not be weary, and they shall walk and not faint.
