Isaiah 10:14

“And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people, &c.] With that ease as a man finds a nest of birds, and takes them: and as one gathereth eggs [that are] left; by the bird, who not sitting upon them, there is none to protect them; whereas, when they are sat upon by the bird, she will flutter with her wings, and strike with her bill, and preserve them as well as she can: have I gathered all the earth; the kingdoms and inhabitants of it, there being none to resist, or that dared to do it, as follows: and there was none that moved the wing; as a bird will do, when its young or eggs are taken away from it: or opened the mouth, or peeped; chattered, clucked, or expressed any grief,…”

“nest--implying the ease with which he carried off all before him. left--by the parent bird. none . . . moved . . . wing--image from an angry bird resisting the robbery of its "nest." peeped--chirped even low (Isa 8:19). No resistance was offered me, of deed, or even word.”

“And my hand hath found, as a nest - By a beautiful and striking figure here, the Assyrian monarch is represented as describing the ease with which he had subdued kingdoms, and rifled them of their treasures. No resistance had been offered. He had taken them with as little opposition as a rustic takes possession of a nest, with its eggs or young, when the parent bird is away. Eggs that are left - That is, eggs that are left of the parent bird; when the bird from fright, or any other cause, has gone, and when no resistance is offered. Have I gathered all the earth - That is, I have subdued and plundered it. This shows the height of his self-confidence and his arrogant assumptions. That moved…”

“Eggs - Which the dam left in her nest. Gathered - All the riches of the earth. An hyperbole not unusual in the mouths of such persons. Peeped - As birds do, which, when they see the robbing of their nest, express their grief and anger, by hovering about them, and by mournful cries. Isaiah 10:15”

“And my: Isa 5:8; Job 31:25; Pro 18:12, Pro 21:6, Pro 21:7; Hos 12:7, Hos 12:8; Nah 2:9-13, Nah 3:1; Hab 2:5-11 peeped: That is, chirped, from the Latin pipio. We still use the term pipe to express the note of the bullfinch. Isaiah 10:15”