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They will have no mercy on helpless babies and will show no compassion for children.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Their bows will slaughter the young men; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; their eyes will not pity children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>Their</i> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Also <i>their</i> bows will dash the young men to pieces, And they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb; Their eye will not spare children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And <i>their</i> bows will mow down the young men, They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb, <i>Nor</i> will their eye pity children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />And their bows will mow down the young men, They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb, Nor will their eye pity children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And <i>their</i> bows will mow down the young men, They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb, <i>Nor</i> will their eye pity children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And <i>their</i> bows will dash the young men to pieces, They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb, <i>Nor</i> will their eye pity children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Their bows will cut down the young men [of Babylon]; They will take no pity on the fruit of the womb, Their eyes will not look with compassion on the children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their bows will cut young men to pieces. They will have no compassion on offspring; they will not look with pity on children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their bows will cut young men to pieces. They will have no compassion on little ones; they will not look with pity on children. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And their bows 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Their arrows will slaughter the young men; no pity will be shown to babies and children. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And their bows 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But their bows will smash the youth. They'll have no compassion for babies, nor will they look with pity on children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />With their bows and arrows they will kill the young men. They will show no mercy to babies and take no pity on children. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Their bows will dash the young men to pieces; they'll show no pity on those not yet born, and their eyes will not spare children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And bows dash young men to pieces, "" And they do not pity the fruit of the womb, "" Their eye has no pity on sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And bows dash young men to pieces, And the fruit of the womb they pity not, On sons their eye hath no pity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the bows of the boys shall be dashed in pieces, and the fruit of the womb they shall not pity; and upon their sons their eye shall not have compassion.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Instead, with their arrows, they will put the little children to death, and they will take no pity on breastfeeding women, and their eye will not spare their children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />With their bows they shall shatter the young men, And the fruit of the womb they shall not spare, nor shall their eye take pity on children. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Their bows will slaughter the young men; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; their eyes will not pity children.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The bows of young men shall be broken in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The bows of the young men shall be broken, and upon the fruit of the womb they shall not have compassion, and upon their children their eyes shall not have pity<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And their bows 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />They shall break the bows of the young men; and they shall have no mercy on your children; nor shall their eyes spare thy children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/13-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=2881" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/13.htm">An Oracle Concerning Babylon</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7198.htm" title="7198: ū·qə·šā·ṯō·wṯ (Conj-w:: N-fp) -- A bow. From qashah in the original sense of bending: a bow, for shooting or the iris.">Their bows</a> <a href="/hebrew/5288.htm" title="5288: nə·‘ā·rîm (N-mp) -- A boy, lad, youth, retainer. From na'ar; a boy, from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also, a girl.">will dash young men</a> <a href="/hebrew/7376.htm" title="7376: tə·raṭ·ṭaš·nāh (V-Piel-Imperf-3fp) -- To dash in pieces. A primitive root; to dash down.">to pieces;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">they will have no</a> <a href="/hebrew/7355.htm" title="7355: yə·ra·ḥê·mū (V-Piel-Imperf-3mp) -- To love, have compassion. A primitive root; to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate.">mercy</a> <a href="/hebrew/6529.htm" title="6529: ū·p̄ə·rî- (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Fruit. From parah; fruit.">on the fruit</a> <a href="/hebrew/990.htm" title="990: ḇe·ṭen (N-fs) -- From an unused root probably meaning to be hollow; the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything.">of the womb;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">they will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2347.htm" title="2347: ṯā·ḥūs (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To pity, look upon with compassion. A primitive root; properly, to cover, i.e. to compassionate.">look with pity</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ê·nām (N-csc:: 3mp) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bā·nîm (N-mp) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the children.</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-14.htm">Jeremiah 50:14-15</a></span><br />Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD. / Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-3.htm">Jeremiah 51:3-4</a></span><br />Do not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; devote all her army to destruction! / And they will fall slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and pierced through in her streets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/8-12.htm">2 Kings 8:12</a></span><br />“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Hosea 13:16</a></span><br />Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/3-10.htm">Nahum 3:10</a></span><br />Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/137-8.htm">Psalm 137:8-9</a></span><br />O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us. / Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/5-11.htm">Lamentations 5:11-12</a></span><br />Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah. / Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/9-5.htm">Ezekiel 9:5-6</a></span><br />And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone! / Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/1-13.htm">Amos 1:13</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-17.htm">2 Chronicles 36:17</a></span><br />So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-6.htm">Revelation 18:6-8</a></span><br />Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup. / As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’ / Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-19.htm">Matthew 24:19</a></span><br />How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-23.htm">Luke 21:23</a></span><br />How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/9-15.htm">Revelation 9:15</a></span><br />So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-6.htm">Revelation 16:6</a></span><br />For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children.</p><p class="hdg">shall dash</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/13-16.htm">Isaiah 13:16</a></b></br> Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/8-12.htm">2 Kings 8:12</a></b></br> And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Hosea 13:16</a></b></br> Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.</p><p class="hdg">their eyes</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/36-17.htm">2 Chronicles 36:17</a></b></br> Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave <i>them</i> all into his hand.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/9-5.htm">Ezekiel 9:5,6,10</a></b></br> And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/10-18.htm">Body</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-24.htm">Bows</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-16.htm">Children</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-17.htm">Compassion</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-11.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm">Crushing</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-23.htm">Dash</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-2.htm">Death</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/6-9.htm">Eye</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-16.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-1.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-7.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-16.htm">Infants</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-17.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-16.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-20.htm">Pity</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-31.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-26.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-19.htm">Spare</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-4.htm">Spears</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-15.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-2.htm">Violently</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/11-5.htm">Womb</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-16.htm">Women</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-16.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/14-11.htm">Body</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-17.htm">Bows</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-2.htm">Children</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-1.htm">Compassion</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-3.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-4.htm">Crushing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-14.htm">Dash</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-20.htm">Death</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-20.htm">Eye</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-9.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-29.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-8.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-11.htm">Infants</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-1.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-10.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-11.htm">Pity</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-12.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-21.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-14.htm">Spare</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-4.htm">Spears</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-6.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-14.htm">Violently</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-2.htm">Womb</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-2.htm">Women</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-6.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/13-1.htm">God musters the armies of his wrath</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/13-6.htm">He threatens to destroy Babylon by the Medes</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">The desolation of Babylon</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The bow was a common weapon in ancient warfare, symbolizing military might and precision. The imagery of young men being dashed to pieces underscores the totality of the destruction and the vulnerability of the defenders. Historically, the Medes were known for their skilled archers, which aligns with this depiction. This prophecy serves as a warning of divine judgment, reflecting the consequences of sin and rebellion against God.<p><b>they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb;</b><br>The phrase "fruit of the womb" refers to unborn or newly born children, emphasizing the complete lack of compassion from the invaders. In ancient Near Eastern culture, children were considered a blessing and a sign of God's favor, making this act of violence particularly heinous. The absence of mercy signifies the depth of the judgment being executed. This can be seen as a fulfillment of divine retribution, where the natural order and expectations of mercy are overturned due to the severity of the people's sins.<p><b>they will not look with pity on the children.</b><br>The lack of pity on children further illustrates the harshness of the judgment. In biblical times, children were often seen as symbols of innocence and hope for the future. The invaders' indifference to the suffering of children highlights the complete and utter devastation that is to come. This reflects the seriousness of God's judgment and serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of turning away from His commandments. The absence of pity can also be seen as a reflection of the hardened hearts of the invaders, who are instruments of divine wrath.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonians.htm">Babylonians</a></b><br>The prophecy in <a href="/bsb/isaiah/13.htm">Isaiah 13</a> is directed against Babylon, a powerful empire known for its wealth and military might. The Babylonians are the subject of God's impending judgment.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/medes.htm">Medes</a></b><br>The Medes are mentioned earlier in <a href="/bsb/isaiah/13.htm">Isaiah 13</a> as the instruments of God's judgment against Babylon. They were an ancient Iranian people who, along with the Persians, conquered Babylon.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who delivered this message. Isaiah was a major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his prophecies concerning both judgment and redemption.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/judgment.htm">Judgment</a></b><br>The event being described is the divine judgment against Babylon, which is depicted as severe and unrelenting.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/children_and_the_unborn.htm">Children and the Unborn</a></b><br>The verse specifically mentions the lack of mercy shown to children and the unborn, highlighting the totality and harshness of the coming judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_severity_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Severity of God's Judgment</a></b><br>God's judgment is thorough and just. It serves as a reminder of His holiness and the seriousness of sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_nations_in_god's_plan.htm">The Role of Nations in God's Plan</a></b><br>God uses nations and events in history to accomplish His purposes. The Medes were used as instruments of His judgment against Babylon.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sanctity_of_life.htm">The Sanctity of Life</a></b><br>The verse highlights the tragedy of innocent lives lost in judgment, reminding us of the value God places on life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_empires.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Empires</a></b><br>No empire, regardless of its power, is beyond God's control. This should encourage believers to trust in God's ultimate authority.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The harshness of judgment serves as a call to repentance, urging individuals and nations to turn back to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_shows_a_broken_spirit.htm">What signifies a broken spirit and contrite heart?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_jer._3_12-14_show_limitless_mercy.htm">How does Jeremiah 3:12-14 depict limitless mercy when texts like 2 Kings 17:6-23 suggest God's patience eventually ran out?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_god's_mercy_universal.htm">Is God merciful to all? (Psalm 145:9 vs. Isaiah 13:9)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_snowflake_adoptions.htm">What does it mean to worship?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces.</span>--These, as in <a href="/isaiah/22-6.htm" title="And Elam bore the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.">Isaiah 22:6</a>, <a href="/context/jeremiah/1-9.htm" title="Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said to me, Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.">Jeremiah 1:9-14</a>, were the characteristic weapons of the Medo-Persian armies.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Their bows</span> (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/1-9.htm">Jeremiah 1:9, 14</a>). Both the Medes and the Persians were skilled archers. Herodotus tells us that every Persian youth was taught three things - "to ride, to draw the bow, and to speak the truth" (1. 136). At Persepolis, Modes and Persians are alike represented as carrying bows and quivers. AEschyius regards the contest between the Persians and the Greeks as one between the arrow and the spear ('Persae,' 11. 135, 136). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/13-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Their bows</span><br /><span class="heb">וּקְשָׁת֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ū·qə·šā·ṯō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7198.htm">Strong's 7198: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bow, for, shooting, the iris</span><br /><br /><span class="word">{will dash} young men</span><br /><span class="heb">נְעָרִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(nə·‘ā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5288.htm">Strong's 5288: </a> </span><span class="str2">A boy, lad, youth, retainer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to pieces;</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּרַטַּ֑שְׁנָה</span> <span class="translit">(tə·raṭ·ṭaš·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7376.htm">Strong's 7376: </a> </span><span class="str2">To dash in pieces</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they will have no</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">mercy</span><br /><span class="heb">יְרַחֵ֔מוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ra·ḥê·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7355.htm">Strong's 7355: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fondle, to love, to compassionate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the fruit</span><br /><span class="heb">וּפְרִי־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·p̄ə·rî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6529.htm">Strong's 6529: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fruit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the womb;</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶ֙טֶן֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḇe·ṭen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_990.htm">Strong's 990: </a> </span><span class="str2">The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anything</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they will not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">look with pity</span><br /><span class="heb">תָח֥וּס</span> <span class="translit">(ṯā·ḥūs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2347.htm">Strong's 2347: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pity, look upon with compassion</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the children.</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּנִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(bā·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/13-18.htm">Isaiah 13:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/13-18.htm">Isaiah 13:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/13-18.htm">Isaiah 13:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/13-18.htm">Isaiah 13:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/13-18.htm">Isaiah 13:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/13-18.htm">Isaiah 13:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/13-18.htm">Isaiah 13:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/13-18.htm">Isaiah 13:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/13-18.htm">Isaiah 13:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/13-18.htm">Isaiah 13:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/13-18.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 13:18 Their bows will dash the young men (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/13-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 13:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 13:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 13:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 13:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>