Isaiah 13:16 - Easy To Read Version Everything in their houses will be stolen. Their wives will be raped. And their little children will be beaten to death while the people are watching. 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. |
The soldiers will attack and kill the young men of Babylon. The soldiers will not show mercy to the babies. The soldiers will not be kind to the children. Babylon will be destroyed—it will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. {\cf2\super [143]} God will cause this destruction, and there will be nothing left.
Prepare to kill his children.\par Kill them because their father is guilty.\par His children will never again\par take control of the land.\par They will never again\par fill the world with their cities.\par
These two things will happen to you:\par First, you will lose your children.\par And then you will lose your husband.\par Yes, these things will really happen to you.\par And all of your magic\par and all of your powerful tricks\par will not save you.\par
I used you to smash men and women.\par I used you to smash men, old and young.\par I used you to smash young men\par and young women.\par
The enemy raped the women of Zion. {\cf2\super [35]} \par They raped the women\par in the cities of Judah.\par
So your armies will hear the noise of battle. And all your fortresses {\cf2\super [112]} will be destroyed. It will be like the time Shalman {\cf2\super [113]} destroyed Beth Arbel. At that time of war, mothers were killed with their children.
But Thebes was defeated. Her people were taken away as prisoners to a foreign country. Soldiers beat her small children to death at every street corner. They threw lots {\cf2\super [9]} to see who got to keep the important people as slaves. They put chains on all the important men of Thebes.
I will bring all the nations together to fight against Jerusalem. They will capture the city and destroy the houses. The women will be raped, and half of the people will be taken away as prisoners. But the rest of the people will not be taken from the city.