Isaiah 13:16

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

Complete Jewish Bible:

their babies dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses looted, their wives raped.

Berean Standard Bible:

Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.

American Standard Version:

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

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Their children{H5768} also shall be dashed to pieces{H7376} before their eyes{H5869}; their houses{H1004} shall be spoiled{H8155}, and their wives{H802} ravished{H7901}{H7693}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Hosea 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.

Nahum 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 bound in chains.

Psalms 137:8

  • O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy [shall he be], that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Psalms 137:9

  • Happy [shall he be], that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

Zechariah 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 residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

Lamentations 5:11

  • They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.

Isaiah 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.

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Commentary for Isaiah 13:16

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H5768
    There are 20 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עוֹלֵל
    Transliteration: ʻôwlêl
    Pronunciation: o-lale'
    Description: or עֹלָל; from עוּל; a suckling; babe, (young) child, infant, little one.
  2. Strong's Number: H7376
    There are 6 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רָטָשׁ
    Transliteration: râṭâsh
    Pronunciation: raw-tash'
    Description: a primitive root; to dash down; dash (in pieces).
  3. Strong's Number: H5869
    There are 830 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עַיִן
    Transliteration: ʻayin
    Pronunciation: ah'-yin
    Description: probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).
  4. Strong's Number: H1004
    There are 1718 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בַּיִת
    Transliteration: bayith
    Pronunciation: bah'-yith
    Description: probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
  5. Strong's Number: H8155
    There are 5 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׁסַס
    Transliteration: shâçaç
    Pronunciation: shaw-sas'
    Description: a primitive root; to plunder; rifle, spoil.
  6. Strong's Number: H802
    There are 729 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אִשָּׁה
    Transliteration: ʼishshâh
    Pronunciation: ish-shaw'
    Description: feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
  7. Strong's Number: H7901
    There are 194 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׁכַב
    Transliteration: shâkab
    Pronunciation: shaw-kab'
    Description: a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose); [idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
  8. Strong's Number: H7693
    There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׁגַל
    Transliteration: shâgal
    Pronunciation: shaw-gal'
    Description: a primitive root; to copulate with; lie with, ravish.