Isaiah 13:16

Isaiah 13:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
• New International Version (NIV)Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives violated.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Their children also will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives ravished.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Their little children will be dashed to death before their eyes. Their homes will be sacked, and their wives will be raped.

Context of Isaiah 13:16

14And like a hunted gazelle, or like sheep with none to gather them, each will turn to his own people, and each will flee to his own land. 15Whoever is found will be thrust through, and whoever is caught will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished. 17Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them, who have no regard for silver and do not delight in gold. 18Their bows will slaughter the young men; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; their eyes will not pity children.

Isaiah 13:16 word by word

וְעֹלְלֵיהֶ֥ם יְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּ לְעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם יִשַּׁ֙סּוּ֙ בָּֽתֵּיהֶ֔ם וּנְשֵׁיהֶ֖ם תִּשָּׁכַֽבְנָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Their childrenעוֹלֵל‛ôlêl ‛ôlâl · infantH5768
• also shall be dashed to piecesרָטַשׁrâţash · to dash in piecesH7376
• before their eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• their housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• shall be spoiledשָׁסַסshâsas · to plunderH8155
• and their wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• ravishedשָׁגֵלshâgal · to ravishH7693
• ravishedשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: have sexH7901

Cross-references for Isaiah 13:16

• Psalms 137:8O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us!
• Hosea 10:14therefore the tumult of war shall arise among your people, and all your fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle; mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.
• Nahum 3:10Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity; her infants were dashed in pieces at the head of every street; for her honored men lots were cast, and all her great men were bound in chains.
• Lamentations 5:11Women are raped in Zion, young women in the towns of Judah.
• Zechariah 14:2For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women raped. Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

Commentaries on Isaiah 13:16

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Their children also shall be dashed to pieces - This is a description of the horrors of the capture of Babylon; and there can be none more frightful and appalling than that which is here presented. That this is done in barbarous nations in the time of war, there can be no doubt. Nothing was more common among American savages, than to dash out the brains of infants against a rock or a tree, and it was often done before the eyes of the afflicted and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-18Verses 6-18 We have here the terrible desolation of Babylon by the Medes and Persians. Those who in the day of their peace were proud, and haughty, and terrible, are quite dispirited when trouble comes. Their faces shall be scorched with the flame. All comfort and hope shall fail. The stars of heaven shall not give their light, the sun shall be darkened. Such expressions are often employed by the prophets, to describe the convulsions of governments. God…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16These terrible acts of war would happen to Babylon. Babylon was a cruel conquering power (see also Psalm 137:8–9; Jeremiah 6:11–12; Nahum 3:10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. (Psa 137:8, 9).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 13:16

• Cruelty
• Rape
• War

In the dictionaries

• Babylon
• Captive
• Glory
• Haughtiness
• Howl
• Astronomy
• Canon of the Old Testament
• Dash
• Esther, the Rest of
• Evil

Commentaries on Isaiah 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings