Isaiah 13:16

And, their infants, shall be dashed to the ground, before their eyes,—Plundered shall be, their houses, and their wives ravished.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

15Every one found, shall be thrust through,—And, every one taken, shall fall by the sword;

17Behold me! stirring up against them the Medes,—Who of silver, shall take no account, And as for gold, they shall not delight in it;

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Cross References

Psalms 137:9How happy the man who shall snatch away and dash thy children against the crag.

Lamentations 5:11Women—in Zion, were ravished, virgins, in the cities of Judah!

Nahum 3:10Yet, she, was given up to exile, she went into captivity, even her babes, were dashed to the ground, at the head of all the streets,—and, for her honourable men, cast they lots, and, all her great men, were bound together in chains.

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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