Jeremiah 51:22
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22 With you I will shatter men and women,
old people and children,
young men and young women.
2 Chronicles 36:17
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The Fall of Jerusalem
17 So the Lord brought the king of Babylon against them. The Babylonians[a] killed Judah’s young men, even chasing after them into the Temple. They had no pity on the people, killing both young men and young women, the old and the infirm. God handed all of them over to Nebuchadnezzar.
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- 36:17 Or Chaldeans.
Isaiah 13:18
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18 The attacking armies will shoot down the young men with arrows.
They will have no mercy on helpless babies
and will show no compassion for children.”
Ezekiel 9:6
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6 Kill them all—old and young, girls and women and little children. But do not touch anyone with the mark. Begin right here at the Temple.” So they began by killing the seventy leaders.
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1 Samuel 15:3
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3 Now go and completely destroy[a] the entire Amalekite nation—men, women, children, babies, cattle, sheep, goats, camels, and donkeys.”
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Lamentations 2:11
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11 I have cried until the tears no longer come;
my heart is broken.
My spirit is poured out in agony
as I see the desperate plight of my people.
Little children and tiny babies
are fainting and dying in the streets.
Jeremiah 6:11
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11 So now I am filled with the Lord’s fury.
Yes, I am tired of holding it in!
“I will pour out my fury on children playing in the streets
and on gatherings of young men,
on husbands and wives
and on those who are old and gray.
Isaiah 13:16
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16 Their little children will be dashed to death before their eyes.
Their homes will be sacked, and their wives will be raped.
Deuteronomy 32:25
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25 Outside, the sword will bring death,
and inside, terror will strike
both young men and young women,
both infants and the aged.
Isaiah 20:4
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4 For the king of Assyria will take away the Egyptians and Ethiopians[a] as prisoners. He will make them walk naked and barefoot, both young and old, their buttocks bared, to the shame of Egypt.
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- 20:4 Hebrew Cushites.
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