Matthew Poole and continuators on Deuteronomy 28:49

49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth , a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand:

Heb. as the Eagle flies, (i. e.) not onely swiftly, as is expressed in our translation, for which the Babylonian is noted and compared to an Eagle, Ier. 4. 13. Ezek. 17. 3, Dan. 7. 4. but also fiercely and greedily, as the Eagle to its prey, also strongly and irresistibly. Possibly this may be understood of the Romans who did come from far, from the end of the earth, more truely and literally than the Chaldeans, whose Countrey was not far from Iudea, and this may allude to the Eagle, which was in their ensignes.

Marginal references: Jer. 5. 15. & [illegible: 1+ letters]. 22. Luk. 19. 43.; Jer. 48. 40. [illegible: 1+ letters] 49. 22. [illegible: 1+ letters]am. 4. 19. [illegible: 1+ letters]os. 8. 1.; Heb. Hear.