Isaiah 10:14 (WEB)
My hand has found the riches of the peoples like a nest, and like one gathers eggs that are abandoned, I have gathered all the earth. There was no one who moved their wing, or that opened their mouth, or chirped.”
Catechism · 1
“This is not a "primitive mode of speech", but a profound way of recalling God's primacy and absolute Lordship over history and the world,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Is 10:5-15; 45:51; Dt 32:39; Sir 11:14.
Fathers and councils · 6
Tertullian
“…made with hands;” “from before whose sight the earth trembles, and the mountains melt like wax;” who holdeth the whole world in His hand “like a nest;” “whose throne is heaven, and earth His footstool;” in whom is every place, but Himself is in no place; who is the utmost bound of the universe;—how happens it,…” — editor's note: Isa. x. 14.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Once more he says, “The Lord will shake the cities that are inhabited, and grasp the world in His hand like a nest.”” — editor's note: Isa. x. 14.
Read the whole comment“These are plainly derived from the following: “The Lord will save the inhabited cities, and grasp the whole land in His hand like a nest;” “It is the Lord that made the earth by His power,” as saith Jeremiah, “and set up the earth by His wisdom.”” — editor's note: Isa. x. 14.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“And by the prophet, “the enemy said, I will pursue and overtake,” and again by another, “I will grasp the whole world in my hand as a nest, and take it up as eggs that have been left.”” — editor's note: Isai. x. 14, cf. Ep Æg. 2.
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John Cassian
“The one says, “As eggs are gathered together which are left, so have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing or opened the mouth, or made the least noise;” the other, “I am become like a solitary pelican; I watched and became as a sparrow alone upon the roof.”” — editor's note: Is. x. 14.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“And the light of Israel shall be a fire, and shall sanctify him in flame, and shall consume the forest like grass.”” — editor's note: Isa. x. 12–17.
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Romans 11:12 takes up the words of Isaiah 10:14 (8 words in common).