Isaiah 10:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 31:25 : 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
Prov 18:12 : 12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
Prov 21:6-7 : 6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. 7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
Isa 5:8 : 8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
Jer 49:16 : 16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, 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 the LORD.
Hos 12:7-8 : 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. 8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
Obad 1:4 : 4 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
Nah 2:9-3:1 : 9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture. 10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness. 11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and 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 holes with prey, and his dens with ravin. 13 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD 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 robbery; the prey departeth not;
Hab 2:5-9 : 5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: 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 to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? 8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. 9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! 10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, 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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