Isaiah 10:14-16

New International Reader's Version

¹⁴I’ve taken the wealth of the nations.
    It was as easy as reaching into a bird’s nest.
I’ve gathered the riches of all these countries.
    It was as easy as gathering eggs
    that have been left in a nest.
Not a single baby bird flapped its wings.
    Not one of them opened its mouth to chirp.’ ”

¹⁵Does an ax claim to be more important
    than the person who swings it?
Does a saw brag that it is better
    than the one who uses it?
That would be like a stick
    swinging the person who picks it up!
It would be like a war club
    waving the one who carries it!
¹⁶So the Lord who rules over all will send a sickness.
    The Lord will send it on the king of Assyria’s strong fighting men.
    It will make them weaker and weaker.
The army he was so proud of will be completely destroyed.
    It will be as if it had been burned up in a fire.