Isaiah 10:14

And my yad hath found like a ken (nest) 1 the riches of the nations; 1 and like one gathereth beitzim (eggs) that are left, 1 have I gathered kol ha'aretz; 1 and there was none that moved the wing, 1 or opened the beak, or peeped. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 saith, 1 By the ko'ach of my yad I have done it, 1 and by my chochmah; for I have binah; 1 and I have removed the boundaries of the nations, 1 and have plundered their treasures, 1 and like the mighty I have subdued those on thrones; 1

15Shall the garzen (axe) boast itself against Him that cuts therewith? 1 Or shall the masor (saw) magnify itself against Him that useth it? 1 As if the shevet (rod) should shake itself against them that lift it up, 1 or as if the matteh (staff) should lift up itself, 1 as if it were not etz. 1

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Cross References

Job 31:25If I rejoice because my wealth was rav (great), 1 and because mine yad had gotten much, 1

Proverbs 21:6The getting of otzarot by a lashon sheker 1 is hevel (vain, empty, meaningless) and fleeting 1 for them that seek mavet. 1

Isaiah 37:25I have dug, 1 and drunk mayim; 1 and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the streams of the besieged places. 1

Hosea 12:7Therefore turn thou to Eloheicha; 1 be shomer over chesed and mishpat 1 and wait on Eloheicha tamid (continually). 1

Nahum 2:9But Nineveh is like a pool of mayim; 1 and her mayim is draining away. 1 Stop, stop, shall they cry; 1 but no one turns back. 1

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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