Isaiah 10:14

And my hand as to a nest Getteth to the wealth of the peoples, And as a gathering of forsaken eggs All the earth I — I have gathered, And there hath not been one moving wing, Or opening mouth, or whispering.'

Young's Literal Translation

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 hath said, 'By the power of my hand I have wrought, And by my wisdom, for I have been intelligent, And I remove borders of the peoples, And their chief ones I have spoiled, And I put down as a mighty one the inhabitants,

15— Doth the axe glorify itself Against him who is hewing with it? Doth 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 great [is] my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,

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

Isaiah 37:25I — I 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! To oppress he hath loved.

Nahum 2:9Seize ye silver, seize ye 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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