Yahweh is still quoting the king of Assyria. (See: [Isaiah 10:12](./12.md))

## My hand has seized, as from a nest, the wealth of nations ##

The king of Assyria compares taking the treasures from the nations to a person taking eggs out of a bird's nest. This emphasizes how easy it was for him and his army to conquer these other kingdoms. Alternate translation: "My army has stolen the wealth from the nations just as easily as a man takes eggs from a nest." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

## and as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth ##

"and just as a person takes eggs from a nest when the bird is not there to protect them, my army has taken the treasures of every nation."

## None fluttered their wings or opened their mouth or chirped ##

This compares the nations to a bird who sits quietly while her eggs are taken. This emphasizes that the nations did nothing while the army of Assyria took all of their possessions. Alternate translation: "And like a bird that does not make a sound or flap her wings when someone steals her eggs, the nations did nothing as we took their treasure."