18 Also their bows will dash the young men to pieces,
And they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb;
Their eye will not spare children.
19 (A)And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms,
The beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride,
Will be as when God overthrew (B)Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 (C)It will never be inhabited,
Nor will it be settled from generation to generation;
Nor will the Arabian pitch tents there,
Nor will the shepherds make their sheepfolds there.

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18 Their bows(A) will strike down the young men;(B)
    they will have no mercy(C) on infants,
    nor will they look with compassion on children.(D)
19 Babylon,(E) the jewel of kingdoms,(F)
    the pride and glory(G) of the Babylonians,[a]
will be overthrown(H) by God
    like Sodom and Gomorrah.(I)
20 She will never be inhabited(J)
    or lived in through all generations;
there no nomads(K) will pitch their tents,
    there no shepherds will rest their flocks.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 13:19 Or Chaldeans