15 Whoever is captured will be thrust through;
    all who are caught will fall(A) by the sword.(B)
16 Their infants(C) will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;
    their houses will be looted and their wives violated.(D)

17 See, I will stir up(E) against them the Medes,(F)
    who do not care for silver
    and have no delight in gold.(G)
18 Their bows(H) will strike down the young men;(I)
    they will have no mercy(J) on infants,
    nor will they look with compassion on children.(K)
19 Babylon,(L) the jewel of kingdoms,(M)
    the pride and glory(N) of the Babylonians,[a]
will be overthrown(O) by God
    like Sodom and Gomorrah.(P)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 13:19 Or Chaldeans

15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.

16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children.

19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

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