NET Bible
"Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; they are not concerned about silver, nor are they interested in gold."
— Isaiah 13:17, NET Bible
“Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.”
“Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. ”
“Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not value silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it.”
“Behold I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not seek silver, nor desire gold:”
“See, I am driving the Medes against them, who put no value on silver and have no pleasure in gold.”
“Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.”
Like a frightened gazelle or a sheep with no shepherd, each will turn toward home, each will run to his homeland.
Everyone who is caught will be stabbed; everyone who is seized will die by the sword.
Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives raped.
Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; they are not concerned about silver, nor are they interested in gold.
Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons; they have no compassion on a person’s offspring, they will not look with pity on children.
Babylon, the most admired of kingdoms, the Chaldeans’ source of honor and pride, will be destroyed by God just as Sodom and Gomorrah were.
No one will live there again; no one will ever reside there again. No bedouin will camp there, no shepherds will rest their flocks there.