By the strength of my hand I have done it,
and by my wisdom;
for I am prudent:
and I have removed the bounds of the people,
and have robbed their treasures,
and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
¹⁴ And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people:
and as one gathereth eggs that are left,
have I gathered all the earth;
and there was none
that moved the wing,
or opened the mouth,
or peeped.

¹⁵ Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith?
or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it?
as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up,
or as if the staff should lift up itself,
as if it were no wood.
¹⁶ Therefore shall the Lord,
the Lord of hosts,
send among his fat ones leanness;
and under his glory he shall kindle a burning
like the burning of a fire.
¹⁷ And the light of Israel shall be for a fire,
and his Holy One for a flame:
and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
¹⁸ And shall consume the glory of his forest,
and of his fruitful field,
both soul and body:
and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.
¹⁹ And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few,
that a child may write them.