Isaiah 13:18

New American Bible - revised edition

With their bows they shall shatter the young men, And the fruit of the womb they shall not spare, nor shall their eye take pity on children.

Cross References

2 Kings 8:12

and Hazael asked, “Why are you weeping, my lord?” Elisha replied, “Because I know the evil that you will inflict upon the Israelites. You will burn their fortresses, you will slay their youth with the sword, you will dash their little children to pieces, you will rip open their pregnant women.”

2 Chronicles 36:17

Then he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in their own sanctuary, with compassion for neither young men nor young women, neither the old nor the infirm; all of them he delivered into his power.

Psalm 127:3

Certainly sons are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb, a reward.

Isaiah 13:16

Their infants shall be dashed to pieces in their sight; their houses shall be plundered and their wives ravished.

Isaiah 47:9

Both these things shall come to you suddenly, in a single day: Complete bereavement and widowhood shall come upon you Despite your many sorceries and the full power of your spells;

Isaiah 5:28

Their arrows are sharp, and all their bows are bent, The hooves of their horses like flint, and their chariot wheels like the whirlwind.

Jeremiah 18:21

So now, give their children to famine, deliver them to the power of the sword. Let their wives be childless and widows; let their husbands die of pestilence, their youths be struck down by the sword in battle.

Jeremiah 5:16

Their quivers are like open graves; all of them are warriors.

Jeremiah 50:30

Therefore their young men shall fall in the squares, all their warriors shall be stilled on that day— oracle of the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:42

Bow and javelin they wield, cruel and pitiless are they; They sound like the roaring sea, as they ride forth on horses, Each in place for battle against you, daughter Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:22

With you I shatter man and woman, with you I shatter old and young, with you I shatter the young man and young woman.

Jeremiah 6:23

Bow and javelin they wield; cruel and pitiless are they. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride forth on horses, Each in his place for battle against you, daughter Zion.

Ezekiel 9:10

My eye, however, will not spare, nor shall I take pity, but I will bring their conduct down upon their heads.

Daniel 7:5

The second beast was like a bear; it was raised up on one side, and among the teeth in its mouth were three tusks. It was given the order, “Arise, devour much flesh.”

Nahum 2:1

At this moment on the mountains the footsteps of one bearing good news, of one announcing peace! Celebrate your feasts, Judah, fulfill your vows! For never again will destroyers invade you; they are completely cut off.

Nahum 3:10

Yet even she became an exile, and went into captivity; Even her little ones were dashed to pieces at the corner of every street; For her nobles they cast lots, and all her great ones were put into chains.