Isaiah 13:17-19
BRG Bible
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 eye 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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Isaiah 13:17-19
New English Translation
17 Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them;[a]
they are not concerned about silver,
nor are they interested in gold.[b]
18 Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons;[c]
they have no compassion on a person’s offspring;[d]
they will not[e] look with pity on children.
19 Babylon, the most admired[f] of kingdoms,
the Chaldeans’ source of honor and pride,[g]
will be destroyed by God
just as Sodom and Gomorrah were.[h]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:17 tn Heb “against them”; NLT “against Babylon.”
- Isaiah 13:17 sn They cannot be bought off, for they have a lust for bloodshed.
- Isaiah 13:18 tn Heb “and bows cut to bits young men.” “Bows” stands by metonymy for arrows.
- Isaiah 13:18 tn Heb “the fruit of the womb.”
- Isaiah 13:18 tn Heb “their eye does not.” Here “eye” is a metonymy for the whole person.
- Isaiah 13:19 tn Or “most beautiful” (NCV, TEV).
- Isaiah 13:19 tn Heb “the beauty of the pride of the Chaldeans.”sn The Chaldeans were a group of tribes who lived in southern Mesopotamia. They established the so-called neo-Babylonian empire in the late seventh century b.c. Their most famous king, Nebuchadnezzar, conquered Judah in 605 b.c. and destroyed Jerusalem in 586 b.c.
- Isaiah 13:19 tn Heb “and Babylon…will be like the overthrow by God of Sodom and Gomorrah.” On מַהְפֵּכַת (mahpekhat, “overthrow”) see the note on the word “destruction” in 1:7.
Isaiah 13:17-19
King James Version
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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