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Isaiah 13:16

14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.

15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.

Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare 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

    Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.

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  • Nahum 3:10

    Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

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  • Psalms 137:8–9

    O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

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  • Isaiah 13:18

    Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

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  • Zechariah 14:2

    For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

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  • Lamentations 5:11

    They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

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