Deuteronomy 28:49
28:49 The Lord will raise up a distant nation against you, one from the other side of the earth 1 as the eagle flies, 2 a nation whose language you will not understand,
Deuteronomy 30:13
30:13 And it is not across the sea, as though one must say, “Who will cross over to the other side of the sea and get it for us and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”
1 tn Heb “from the end of the earth.”
2 tn Some translations understand this to mean “like an eagle swoops down” (e.g., NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT), comparing the swift attack of an eagle to the attack of the Israelites’ enemies.