Isaiah 10:14

And my hand gets to the wealth of the peoples as to a nest, || And as a gathering of forsaken eggs || I have gathered all the earth, || And there has not been one moving wing, || Or opening mouth, or whispering.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

In Context

13For he has said, “I have worked by the power of my hand, || And by my wisdom, for I have been intelligent, || And I remove borders of the peoples, || And I have spoiled their chief ones, || And I put down the inhabitants as a mighty one,

15Does the axe glorify itself || Against him who is hewing with it? Does the saw magnify itself || Against him who is shaking it? As a rod waving those lifting it up! As a staff lifting up that which is not wood!

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Cross References

Job 31:25If I rejoice because my wealth [is] great, || And because my hand has found abundance,

Proverbs 21:6The making of treasures by a lying tongue, || [Is] a vanity driven away of those seeking death.

Isaiah 37:25I have dug and drunk waters, || And I dry up with the sole of my steps || All floods of a bulwark.

Hosea 12:7Canaan! In his hand [are] balances of deceit! He has loved to oppress.

Nahum 2:9Seize silver, seize gold, || And there is no end to the prepared things, || [To] the abundance of all desirable vessels.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 10:6-20

The Pride of the King of Assyria; Sennacherib's Pride Rebuked; Destruction of the King of Assyria. ( b. c. 740.) 5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. 6 I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations… Read the whole commentary →

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