Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The nations of the world were like a bird's nest, and I gathered their wealth as easily as gathering eggs. Not a wing fluttered to scare me off; no beak opened to scream at me!" New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And my hand hath found the strength of the people as a nest; and as eggs are gathered, that are left, so have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or made the least noise. and my Isaiah 5:8 Woe to you that join house to house and lay field to field, even to the end of the place: shall you alone dwell in the midst of the earth? Job 31:25 If I have rejoiced over my great riches, and because my hand had gotten much. Proverbs 18:12 Before destruction, the heart of a man is exalted: and before he be glorified, it is humbled. Proverbs 21:6,7 He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death. . . . Hosea 12:7,8 He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression. . . . Nahum 2:9-13 Take ye the spoil of the silver, take the spoil of the gold: for there is no end of the riches of all the precious furniture. . . . Nahum 3:1 Woe to thee, O city of blood, all full of lies and violence: rapine shall not depart from thee. Habakkuk 2:5-11 And as wine deceiveth him that drinketh it: so shall the proud man be, and he shall not be honoured: who hath enlarged his desire like hell: and is himself like death, and he is never satisfied: but will gather together unto him all nations, and heap together unto him all people. . . . peeped. Context Judgment on Assyria…13For he hath said: By the strength of my own hand I have done it, and by my own wisdom I have understood: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have taken the spoils of the princes, and as a mighty man hath pulled down them that sat on high. 14And my hand hath found the strength of the people as a nest; and as eggs are gathered, that are left, so have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or made the least noise.15Shall the axe boast itself against him that cutteth with it? or shall the saw exalt itself against him by whom it is drawn? as if a rod should lift itself up against him that lifteth it up, and a staff exalt itself, which is but wood.… Cross References Isaiah 14:6 That struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, that brought nations under in fury, that persecuted in a cruel manner. Jeremiah 49:16 Thy arrogancy hath deceived thee, and the pride of thy heart: O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, and endeavourest to lay hold on the height of the hill: but though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as an eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord. Ezekiel 35:13 And you rose up against me with your mouth, and have derogated from me by your words: I have heard them. Obadiah 1:4 The pride of thy heart hath lifted thee up, who dwellest in the clefts of the rocks, and settest up thy throne on high: who sayest in thy heart: Who shall bring me down to the ground? Jump to Previous Abandoned Beak Bird Chirp Countries Earth Eggs Forsaken Found Gathered Gathereth Gathers Hand Mouth Moved Nest Opened Peoples Riches Wealth WingJump to Next Abandoned Beak Bird Chirp Countries Earth Eggs Forsaken Found Gathered Gathereth Gathers Hand Mouth Moved Nest Opened Peoples Riches Wealth WingLinks Isaiah 10:14 NIVIsaiah 10:14 NLT Isaiah 10:14 ESV Isaiah 10:14 NASB Isaiah 10:14 Bible Apps Isaiah 10:14 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 10:14 Chinese Bible Isaiah 10:14 French Bible Isaiah 10:14 German Bible Alphabetical: a abandoned all And As beak chirp' chirped countries earth eggs flapped for gather gathered gathers hand I into its like men mouth my nations nest not of one opened or peoples reached reaches riches so that the there to was wealth wing OT Prophets: Isaiah 10:14 My hand has found the riches (Isa Isi Is) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |