Isaiah 13:18

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Their bows will slaughter the young men; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; their eyes will not pity children.

Cross References

2 Kings 8:12

Hazael asked, “Why does my lord weep?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel; you will set their fortresses on fire; you will kill their young men with the sword, dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their pregnant women.”

2 Chronicles 36:17

Therefore he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their youths with the sword in the house of their sanctuary and had no compassion on young man or young woman, the aged or the feeble; he gave them all into his hand.

Psalm 127:3

Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

Isaiah 13:16

Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives raped.

Isaiah 47:9

both these things shall come upon you in a moment, in one day: the loss of children and widowhood shall come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the great power of your enchantments.

Isaiah 5:28

their arrows are sharp; all their bows strung; their horses’ hoofs seem like flint, and their wheels like the whirlwind.

Jeremiah 18:21

Therefore give their children over to famine; hurl them out to the power of the sword; let their wives become childless and widowed. May their men meet death by pestilence, their youths be slain by the sword in battle.

Jeremiah 5:16

Their quiver is like an open tomb; all of them are mighty warriors.

Jeremiah 50:30

Therefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed on that day, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:42

They wield bow and spear; they are cruel and have no mercy. The sound of them is like the roaring sea; they ride upon horses, set in array as a warrior for battle, against you, O daughter Babylon!

Jeremiah 51:22

with you I smash man and woman; with you I smash the old man and the boy; with you I smash the young man and the girl;

Jeremiah 6:23

They grasp the bow and the javelin; they are cruel and have no mercy; their sound is like the roaring sea; they ride on horses, equipped like a warrior for battle, against you, O daughter Zion!

Ezekiel 9:10

As for me, my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity, but I will bring down their deeds upon their heads.”

Daniel 7:5

Another beast appeared, a second one, that looked like a bear. It was raised up on one side, had three tusks in its mouth among its teeth, and was told, “Arise, devour many bodies!”

Hosea 13:16

Samaria shall bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; their little ones shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.

Nahum 2:1

A scatterer has come up against you. Guard the ramparts; watch the road; gird your loins; collect all your strength.

Nahum 3:10

Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity; even her infants were dashed in pieces at the head of every street; lots were cast for her nobles; all her dignitaries were bound in fetters.