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Isaiah 13:16

Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

KJV

infantes eorum allidentur in oculis eorum, diripientur domus eorum, et uxores eorum violabuntur.

Vulgate

καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν ῥάξουσιν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰς οἰκίας αὐτῶν προνομεύσουσιν, καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας αὐτῶν ἕξουσιν.

LXX

Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.

ASV

וְ/עֹלְלֵי/הֶ֥ם יְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּ לְ/עֵֽינֵי/הֶ֑ם יִשַּׁ֨סּוּ֙ בָּֽתֵּי/הֶ֔ם וּ/נְשֵׁי/הֶ֖ם תשגלנה תִּשָּׁכַֽבְנָה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
הָ
h
noun · 20×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
יְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּ
yrtshv
verb · 6×
יִּשְׁכַּ֤ב
yshkb
verb · 211×
יָּשֹׁ֖סּוּ
yshsv
verb · 5×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
תשגלנה
tshglnh
verb · 4×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 8:12 — 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 sl
  • Amos 7:17 — Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted
  • Hos 10:14 — Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
  • Hos 13:16 — 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.
  • Isa 13:18 — 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.
  • Isa 13:18 — 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.
  • Isa 47:6 — I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
  • Jer 51:22 — With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
  • Lam 5:11 — They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
  • Nah 3:10 — Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bo
  • Nah 3:10 — Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bo
  • Ps 37:25 — I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
  • Ps 137:8 — O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
  • Ps 137:9 — Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
  • Zech 14:2 — For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the resid