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Isaiah 13:16

14 Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.

15 Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.

Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.

17 Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.

18 Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.
KJV
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
WEB
Their infants also will be dashed in pieces before their eyes. Their houses will be ransacked, and their wives raped.
ASV
Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.
DARBY
And their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes, their houses shall be rifled, and their women ravished.
BLB
and their children will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives will be ravished.
ÅB
Deres små barn skal knuses for deres øyne; deres hus skal plyndres, og deres kvinner skjendes.
OTB
Deres spedbarn vil bli knust foran deres øyne; deres hus vil bli plyndret og deres koner krenket.
B1930
Deres små barn skal knuses for deres øine; deres hus skal plyndres, og deres kvinner skjendes.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Hosea 10:14

    the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.

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  • Nahum 3:10

    Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.

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  • Psalms 137:8–9

    O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.

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  • Isaiah 13:18

    Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.

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  • Zechariah 14:2

    For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.

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  • Lamentations 5:11

    Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.

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