Isaiah 10:14 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 10:14

My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’”

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתִּמְצָ֨א	va.tim.Tza'	and it has found	H4672 →
כַקֵּ֤ן׀	kha.Ken	like <the> nest	H7064 →
יָדִי֙	ya.Di	hand my	H3027 →
לְחֵ֣יל	le.Cheil	<to> [the] wealth of	H2428 →
הָֽעַמִּ֔ים	ha.'a.Mim	the peoples	H5971 →
וְכֶאֱסֹף֙	ve.khe.'e.Sof	and as gathers	H622 →
בֵּיצִ֣ים	bei.Tzim	eggs	H1000 →
עֲזֻב֔וֹת	a.zu.Vot	abandoned	H5800 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָאָ֖רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the earth	H776 →
אֲנִ֣י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
אָסָ֑פְתִּי	'a.Sa.fe.ti	I have gathered	H622 →
וְלֹ֤א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
הָיָה֙	ha.Yah	any was	H1961 →
נֹדֵ֣ד	no.Ded	fluttering	H5074 →
כָּנָ֔ף	ka.Naf	a wing	H3671 →
וּפֹצֶ֥ה	u.fo.Tzeh	and opening	H6475 →
פֶ֖ה	feh	a mouth	H6310 →
וּמְצַפְצֵֽף׃	u.me.tzaf.Tzef	and chirping	H6850 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Job 31:25
if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,
leads to
- Psalms 62:10
  Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
- Daniel 4:30
  the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
- Proverbs 23:5
  When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
- Deuteronomy 8:17–18
  You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”
- Hosea 12:8
  And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
Through
Nahum 2:9
“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.
leads to
- Jeremiah 25:34
  Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.
- Nahum 2:12–13
  The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.
- Jeremiah 51:56
  For a destroyer is coming against her—against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.