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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished.
• 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.

Context of Isaiah 13:16

14Everyone in Babylon will run about like a hunted gazelle, like sheep without a shepherd. They will try to find their own people and flee to their own land. 15Anyone who is captured will be cut down— run through with a sword. Their little children will be dashed to death before their eyes. Their homes will be sacked, and their wives will be raped. 17“Look, I will stir up the Medes against Babylon. They cannot be tempted by silver or bribed with gold. 18The attacking armies will shoot down the young men with arrows. They will have no mercy on helpless babies and will show no compassion for 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 Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy is the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.
• Hosea 10:14Now the terrors of war will rise among your people. All your fortifications will fall, just as when Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel. Even mothers and children were dashed to death there.
• Nahum 3:10Yet Thebes fell, and her people were led away as captives. Her babies were dashed to death against the stones of the streets. Soldiers threw dice to get Egyptian officers as servants. All their leaders were bound in chains.
• Lamentations 5:11Our enemies rape the women in Jerusalem and the young girls in all the towns of Judah.
• Zechariah 14:2I will gather all the nations to fight against Jerusalem. The city will be taken, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half the population will be taken into captivity, and the rest will be left among the ruins of 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