Verse 14
14. The same self-glorifying goes on.
My hand hath found Has only to reach out and seize.
As a nest As easy as an undefended bird’s nest.
Riches of The wealth of the peoples whom I attack, so powerless are they to resist.
Eggs that are left Abandoned by the parent bird.
That moved the wing “None fluttered the wing, or opened the beak, or peeped.” The figure is carried here to eggs hatched, and young birds, which also had abandoned the nest. The word chirped or peeped is the same as in Isaiah 8:19, where it means the low cry of false soothsayers, here it is the cry of young birds whom the spoiler’s hand snatches away. In Isaiah 38:14, the same word means (Authorized Version) the cry or chatter of a swallow or a crane. The boaster means, that such everywhere is the dread of his name there is universal silence. None dare to resist his terrible assaults.
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