Isaiah 10:14

My hand has seized, as from a nest, the wealth of nations, 1 and as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. 1 None fluttered their wings or opened their mouth or chirped.” 1

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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 says, 1 “By my strength and by my wisdom I acted. I have understanding, 1 and I have removed the boundaries of the peoples. I have stolen their treasures, 1 and like a bull I have brought down the inhabitants. 1

15Will the ax boast about itself against the one who wields it? 1 Will the saw praise itself more than the one who cuts with it? 1 It is as if a rod could lift up those who raise it, or as if a wooden club could lift up a person. 1

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Cross References

Job 31:25if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, 1 because my hand had gotten many possessions, 1 then bring charges against me! 1

Proverbs 21:6Acquiring riches by a lying tongue 1 is a fleeting vapor and a snare that kills. 1

Isaiah 37:25I have dug wells and drunk water; + 37:25 Some ancient and modern versions have I have dug wells and drunk water in foreign lands . 1 I dried up all the rivers of Egypt under the soles of my feet.' 1

Hosea 12:7The merchants have false scales in their hands; 1 they love to defraud. 1

Nahum 2:9Take the silver plunder, take the gold plunder, for there is no end to it, 1 to the splendor of all Nineveh's beautiful things. 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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