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14 And my hand reached for the wealth of the peoples like a (A)nest,
And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth;
And there was not one that flapped its wing or opened its beak or chirped.”

15 Is the (B)axe to (C)boast itself over the one who chops with it?
Is the saw to magnify itself over the one who wields it?
That would be like (D)a rod wielding those who lift it,
Or like (E)a staff lifting him who is not wood.
16 Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, will send a (F)wasting disease among his (G)stout warriors;
And under his (H)glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame.

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