Isaiah 10:14

10:14 My hand discovered the wealth of the nations, as if it were in a nest,

as one gathers up abandoned eggs,

I gathered up the whole earth.

There was no wing flapping,

or open mouth chirping.” ¹ 

Isaiah 33:7

33:7 Look, ambassadors ²  cry out in the streets;

messengers sent to make peace ³  weep bitterly.

Isaiah 51:21

51:21 So listen to this, oppressed one,

who is drunk, but not from wine!

[10:14]  ¹ sn The Assyrians’ conquests were relatively unopposed, like robbing a bird’s nest of its eggs when the mother bird is absent.

[33:7]  ² tn The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown. Proposals include “heroes” (cf. KJV, ASV “valiant ones”; NASB, NIV “brave men”); “priests,” “residents [of Jerusalem].” The present translation assumes that the term is synonymous with “messengers of peace,” with which it corresponds in the parallel structure of the verse.

[33:7]  ³ tn Heb “messengers of peace,” apparently those responsible for negotiating the agreements that have been broken (see v. 8).