“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.”
And my hand has grasped the wealth of the peoples as a nest, and as one gathers abandoned eggs, so I have gathered all the earth—Assyria's comparison of conquered nations to abandoned nests and eggs reveals contempt for the peoples it has conquered. The metaphor of gathering eggs abandoned by the bird suggests that Assyria views itself as the legitimate inheritor of the wealth it seizes, missing the reality that such treasure belonged to living nations with whom God has relations. This hubris, in which Assyria views itself as the ultimate proprietor of the world, calls down judgment.
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