Parallel Verses English Standard Version Their bows will slaughter the young men; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; their eyes will not pity children. King James Bible 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. American Standard Version And their bows shall dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children. Douay-Rheims Bible But with their arrows they shall kill the children, and shall have no pity upon the sucklings of the womb, and their eye shall not spare their sons. English Revised Version And their bows shall dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Isaiah 13:18 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentThe prophet now hears again the voice of Jehovah revealing to him what His purpose is - namely, a visitation punishing the wicked, humbling the proud, and depopulating the countries. "And I visit the evil upon the world, and upon sinners their guilt, and sink into silence the pomp of the proud; and the boasting of tyrants I throw to the ground. I make men more precious than fine gold, and people than a jewel of Ophir." The verb pâkad is construed, as in Jeremiah 23:2, with the accusative of the thing punished, and with על of the person punished. Instead of 'eretz we have here tēbel, which is always used like a proper name (never with the article), to denote the earth in its entire circumference. We have also ‛ârı̄tzı̄m instead of nedı̄bı̄m: the latter signifies merely princes, and it is only occasionally that it has the subordinate sense of despots; the former signifies men naturally cruel, or tyrants (it occurs very frequently in Isaiah). Everything here breathes the spirit of Isaiah both in thought and form. "The lofty is thrown down:" this is one of the leading themes of Isaiah's proclamation; and the fact that the judgment will only leave a remnant is a fundamental thought of his, which also runs through the oracles concerning the heathen (Isaiah 16:14; Isaiah 21:17; Isaiah 24:6), and is depicted by the prophet in various ways (Isaiah 10:16-19; Isaiah 17:4-6; Isaiah 24:13; Isaiah 30:17). There it is expressed under the figure that men become as scarce as the finest kinds of gold. Word-painting is Isaiah's delight and strength. 'Ophir, which resembles 'okir in sound, was the gold country of India, that lay nearest to the Phoenicians, the coast-land of Abhira on the northern shore of the Runn (Irina), i.e., the salt lake to the east of the mouths of the Indus (see at Genesis 10:29 and Job 22:24; and for the Egypticized Souphir of the lxx, Job 28:16). Treasury of Scripture Knowledge shall dash their eyes Cross References 2 Kings 8:12 And Hazael said, "Why does my lord weep?" He answered, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel. You will set on fire their fortresses, and you will kill their young men with the sword and dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women." 2 Chronicles 36:17 Therefore he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or aged. He gave them all into his hand. Psalm 127:3 Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. Isaiah 5:28 their arrows are sharp, all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs seem like flint, and their wheels like the whirlwind. Isaiah 13:16 Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished. Isaiah 47:9 These two things shall come to you in a moment, in one day; the loss of children and widowhood shall come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the great power of your enchantments. Jeremiah 5:16 Their quiver is like an open tomb; they are all mighty warriors. Jump to Previous Body Bows Children Compassion Cruel Crushing Dash Death Eye Eyes Fruit Hands Infants Mercy Pieces Pity Putting Slaughter Spare Spears Strike Violently Womb Women YoungJump to Next Body Bows Children Compassion Cruel Crushing Dash Death Eye Eyes Fruit Hands Infants Mercy Pieces Pity Putting Slaughter Spare Spears Strike Violently Womb Women YoungLinks Isaiah 13:18 NIVIsaiah 13:18 NLT Isaiah 13:18 ESV Isaiah 13:18 NASB Isaiah 13:18 KJV Isaiah 13:18 Bible Apps Isaiah 13:18 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 13:18 Chinese Bible Isaiah 13:18 French Bible Isaiah 13:18 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |