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14 My hand found the riches of the peoples as a nest—
like gathering forsaken eggs,
I have gathered the entire earth.
Not a wing fluttered,
    not a beak opened or chirped!”

15 Should the axe boast against the One who chops with it?
Should the saw magnify itself against the One who wields it?
It would be like a rod waving the One who lifts it,
or like a staff hoisting up the One who is not wood!

16 Therefore will the Lord Adonai-Tzva’ot,
    send leanness among his fat ones.
Under its glory He will kindle a burning
    like a blazing fire.

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