Their bows will cut young men to pieces. They will have no compassion on offspring; they will not look with pity on children.
Isaiah 13:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Their children will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be looted, and their wives raped. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Their infants also will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished. American Standard Version (1901) Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished. Common English Bible Their infants will be crushed before their eyes; their houses plundered, their women raped. Catholic Public Domain Version Their infants will be thrown down violently before their eyes. Their houses will be plundered, and their wives will be violated. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes, their houses shall be pillaged, and their wives shall be ravished. |
Their bows will cut young men to pieces. They will have no compassion on offspring; they will not look with pity on children.
Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons, because of the iniquity of their ancestors. They will never rise up to possess a land or fill the surface of the earth with cities.
These two things will happen to you suddenly, in one day: loss of children and widowhood. They will happen to you in their entirety, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.
With you I will smash man and woman; with you I will smash the old man and the youth; with you I will smash the young man and the young woman.
the roar of battle will rise against your people, and all your fortifications will be demolished in a day of war, like Shalman’s destruction of Beth-arbel. Mothers will be dashed to pieces along with their children.
Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her children were also dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.
I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle. The city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.