NET Bible
"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."
— Isaiah 13:18, NET 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.”
“Andtheirbows 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. ”
“Their bows will dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb. Their eyes will not spare children.”
“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.”
“In their hands are bows and spears; they are cruel, violently putting the young men to death, and crushing the young women; they have no pity for children, and no mercy for the fruit of the body.”
“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.”
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.
Wild animals will rest there, the ruined houses will be full of hyenas. Ostriches will live there, wild goats will skip among the ruins.