Isaiah 13:16

Their chyldren shalbe slayne before their eyes: their house spoyled, and their wiues rauished.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15Whoso is founde shalbe shot thorowe: and whoso taketh their part, shalbe destroyed with the sworde.

17For lo, I shall bring vp the Medes against them, whiche shall not regarde siluer, nor be desirous of golde:

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Cross References

Lamentations 5:11The wiues are rauished in Sion, and the maydens in the cities of Iuda.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 13:7-19

The Doom of Babylon. ( b. c. 739.) 6 Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. 7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: 8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. 9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy… Read the whole commentary →

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