Isaiah 10:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתִּמְצָא כַקֵּן יָדִי לְחֵיל הָעַמִּים וְכֶאֱסֹף בֵּיצִים עֲזֻבוֹת כָּל־הָאָרֶץ אֲנִי אָסָפְתִּי וְלֹא הָיָה נֹדֵד כָּנָף וּפֹצֶה פֶה וּמְצַפְצֵף

Transliteration

wattimṣāʾ ḵaqqēn yādî leḥêl hāʿammîm weḵeʾĕsōp̄ bêṣîm ʿăzubôt kāl-hāʾāreṣ ʾănî ʾāsāp̄tî welōʾ hāyāh nōdēd kānāp̄ ûp̄ōṣeh p̄eh ûmeṣap̄ṣēp̄

Grammar Details

*wattimṣāʾ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - and it found/reached
*ḵaqqēn*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - like the nest
*yādî*: noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my hand
*leḥêl*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - to wealth of
*hāʿammîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the peoples
*weḵeʾĕsōp̄*: waw conjunction + preposition + qal infinitive construct - and like gathering
*bêṣîm*: noun, feminine plural - eggs
*ʿăzubôt*: qal passive participle, feminine plural - abandoned/forsaken
*kāl*: noun, masculine singular construct - all of
*hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the earth/land
*ʾănî*: personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I
*ʾāsāp̄tî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I gathered
*welōʾ*: waw conjunction + negative particle - and not
*hāyāh*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - there was
*nōdēd*: qal participle, masculine singular - fluttering/moving
*kānāp̄*: noun, feminine singular - wing
*ûp̄ōṣeh*: waw conjunction + qal participle, masculine singular - and opening
*p̄eh*: noun, masculine singular - mouth
*ûmeṣap̄ṣēp̄*: waw conjunction + pilpel participle, masculine singular - and chirping/peeping

Word Meanings

*qēn*: nest/dwelling place
*ḥêl*: wealth/strength/army/resources
*ʿăzubôt*: abandoned/forsaken/left
*nōdēd*: fluttering/moving/wandering
*pōṣeh* *p̄eh*: opening mouth/protesting
*meṣap̄ṣēp̄*: chirping/peeping/twittering

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 31:25 : 25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;
Prov 18:12 : 12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; And before honor [goeth] humility.
Prov 21:6-7 : 6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death. 7 The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.
Isa 5:8 : 8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!
Jer 49:16 : 16 As for thy terribleness, the pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.
Hos 12:7-8 : 7 [He is] a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. 8 And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.
Obad 1:4 : 4 Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.
Nah 2:9-3:1 : 9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold; for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture. 10 She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are waxed pale. 11 Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion [and] the lioness walked, the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid? 12 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin. 13 Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions; and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard. 1 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.
Hab 2:5-9 : 5 Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples. 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges! 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booty unto them? 8 Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein. 9 Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil! 10 Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul. 11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

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