2 Nephi 20:14

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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.

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Nest—Eggs—Peep (Isa. 10:14)

Israel is compared to a bird’s nest, eggs, wings, and call (See 3 Ne. 10:4-6; D&C 10:65; 29:1-2 for other examples of bird symbolism). The eggs in the nest represent Israel’s riches, which Assyria has raided. Israel’s inability to move its wings or to make a peep signifies that it, like a little chick, is helpless before Assyria’s ravening armies.

Donald W. Parry, Visualizing Isaiah [Provo, Utah: The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2001], 33