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the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
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Isaiah 13:16
Their young children will be broken up before their eyes; their goods will be taken away, and their wives made the property of others.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Their children will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;their houses will be looted,and their wives raped.
Their children will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;their houses will be looted,and their wives raped.
Hebrew Names Version
Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.
Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.
King James Version
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
English Standard Version
Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished.
Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished.
New American Standard Bible
Their little ones also will be dashed to pieces Before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives raped.
Their little ones also will be dashed to pieces Before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives raped.
New Century Version
Their little children will be beaten to death in front of them. Their houses will be robbed and their wives raped.
Their little children will be beaten to death in front of them. Their houses will be robbed and their wives raped.
Amplified Bible
Their children also will be smashed to pieces Before their eyes; Their houses will be looted And their wives ravished.
Their children also will be smashed to pieces Before their eyes; Their houses will be looted And their wives ravished.
World English Bible
Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.
Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Their children also shall be broken in pieces before their eyes: their houses shall be spoiled, and their wiues rauished.
Their children also shall be broken in pieces before their eyes: their houses shall be spoiled, and their wiues rauished.
Legacy Standard Bible
Their infants also will be dashed to piecesBefore their eyes;Their houses will be plunderedAnd their wives ravished.
Their infants also will be dashed to piecesBefore their eyes;Their houses will be plunderedAnd their wives ravished.
Berean Standard Bible
Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.
Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.
Contemporary English Version
They will see their children beaten against rocks, their homes robbed, and their wives abused.
They will see their children beaten against rocks, their homes robbed, and their wives abused.
Complete Jewish Bible
their babies dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses looted, their wives raped.
their babies dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses looted, their wives raped.
Darby Translation
And their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes, their houses shall be rifled, and their women ravished.
And their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes, their houses shall be rifled, and their women ravished.
Easy-to-Read Version
Everything in their houses will be stolen. Their wives will be raped, and their little children will be beaten to death while they watch.
Everything in their houses will be stolen. Their wives will be raped, and their little children will be beaten to death while they watch.
George Lamsa Translation
Their children, shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled and their wives ravished.
Their children, shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled and their wives ravished.
Good News Translation
While they look on helplessly, their babies will be battered to death, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be raped."
While they look on helplessly, their babies will be battered to death, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be raped."
Lexham English Bible
And their children will be dashed into pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered, and their wives will be raped.
And their children will be dashed into pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered, and their wives will be raped.
Literal Translation
And their children shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be robbed, and their wives raped.
And their children shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be robbed, and their wives raped.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Their children shalbe slayne before their eyes, their houses spoyled, & their wyues rauyshed.
Their children shalbe slayne before their eyes, their houses spoyled, & their wyues rauyshed.
American Standard Version
Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.
Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Their babes also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
Their babes also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
King James Version (1611)
Their children also shalbe dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses shalbe spoiled, & their wiues rauished.
Their children also shalbe dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses shalbe spoiled, & their wiues rauished.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Their chyldren shalbe slayne before their eyes: their house spoyled, and their wiues rauished.
Their chyldren shalbe slayne before their eyes: their house spoyled, and their wiues rauished.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they shall dash their children before their eyes; and they shall spoil their houses, and shall take their wives.
And they shall dash their children before their eyes; and they shall spoil their houses, and shall take their wives.
English Revised Version
Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The yonge children of them schulen be hurtlid doun bifore the iyen of them; her housis schulen be rauischid, and her wyues schulen be defoulid.
The yonge children of them schulen be hurtlid doun bifore the iyen of them; her housis schulen be rauischid, and her wyues schulen be defoulid.
Update Bible Version
Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.
Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.
Webster's Bible Translation
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be plundered, and their wives ravished.
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be plundered, and their wives ravished.
New English Translation
Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives raped.
Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives raped.
New King James Version
Their children also will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives ravished.
Their children also will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives ravished.
New Living Translation
Their little children will be dashed to death before their eyes. Their homes will be sacked, and their wives will be raped.
Their little children will be dashed to death before their eyes. Their homes will be sacked, and their wives will be raped.
New Life Bible
Their little ones will be broken in pieces in front of their eyes. Their things will be taken from their houses. And their wives will be carried away.
Their little ones will be broken in pieces in front of their eyes. Their things will be taken from their houses. And their wives will be carried away.
New Revised Standard
Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered, and their wives ravished.
Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered, and their wives ravished.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, their infants, shall be dashed to the ground, before their eyes, - Plundered shall be, their houses, and their wives ravished.
And, their infants, shall be dashed to the ground, before their eyes, - Plundered shall be, their houses, and their wives ravished.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Their inhabitants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes: their houses shall be pillaged, and their wives shall be ravished.
Their inhabitants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes: their houses shall be pillaged, and their wives shall be ravished.
Revised Standard Version
Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished.
Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished.
Young's Literal Translation
And their sucklings are dashed to pieces before their eyes, Spoiled are their houses, and their wives lain with.
And their sucklings are dashed to pieces before their eyes, Spoiled are their houses, and their wives lain with.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Their little ones also will be dashed to pieces Before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives ravished.
Their little ones also will be dashed to pieces Before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives ravished.
Contextual Overview
6 Send out a cry of grief; for the day of the Lord is near; it comes as destruction from the Most High. 7 For this cause all hands will be feeble, and every heart of man be turned to water; 8 Their hearts will be full of fear; pains and sorrows will overcome them; they will be in pain like a woman in childbirth; they will be shocked at one another; their faces will be like flames. 9 See, the day of the Lord is coming, cruel, with wrath and burning passion: to make the land a waste, driving the sinners in it to destruction. 10 For the stars of heaven and its bright armies will not give their light: the sun will be made dark in his journey through the heaven, and the moon will keep back her light. 11 And I will send punishment on the world for its evil, and on the sinners for their wrongdoing; and I will put an end to all pride, and will make low the power of the cruel. 12 I will make men so small in number, that a man will be harder to get than gold, even the best gold of Ophir. 13 For this cause the heavens will be shaking, and the earth will be moved out of its place, in the wrath of the Lord of armies, and in the day of his burning passion. 14 And it will be that, like a roe in flight, and like wandering sheep, they will go every man to his people and to his land. 15 Everyone who is overtaken will have a spear put through him, and everyone who goes in flight will be put to the sword.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
children: Psalms 137:8, Psalms 137:9, Hosea 10:14, Nahum 3:10
and their: Lamentations 5:11, Zechariah 14:2
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 8:12 - dash Psalms 37:25 - yet Isaiah 13:18 - shall dash Isaiah 47:6 - thou didst Jeremiah 39:6 - before Jeremiah 51:52 - the wounded Hosea 13:16 - their infants Amos 7:17 - Thy wife Habakkuk 2:7 - they
Cross-References
Genesis 13:1
And Abram went up out of Egypt with his wife and all he had, and Lot with him, and they came in to the South.
And Abram went up out of Egypt with his wife and all he had, and Lot with him, and they came in to the South.
Genesis 13:2
Now Abram had great wealth of cattle and silver and gold.
Now Abram had great wealth of cattle and silver and gold.
Genesis 13:3
And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;
And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;
Genesis 13:14
And the Lord had said to Abram, after Lot was parted from him, From this place where you are take a look to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west:
And the Lord had said to Abram, after Lot was parted from him, From this place where you are take a look to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west:
Genesis 13:16
And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.
And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.
Genesis 13:18
And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.
And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.
Genesis 15:5
And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.
And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.
Genesis 17:6
I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.
I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.
Genesis 17:16
And I will give her a blessing so that you will have a son by her: truly my blessing will be on her, and she will be the mother of nations: kings of peoples will be her offspring.
And I will give her a blessing so that you will have a son by her: truly my blessing will be on her, and she will be the mother of nations: kings of peoples will be her offspring.
Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.
As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes,.... Upon the ground, or against the wall, as was foretold should be, Psalms 137:8 and in way of retaliation for what they did to the Jews, 2 Chronicles 36:17 and this was to be done "before their eyes", in the sight of the inhabitants, which must make it the more distressing and afflicting; and, as Kimchi observes, this phrase is to be applied to the following clauses:
their houses shall be spoiled; plundered of the substance, wealth, and riches in them, by the Persian soldiers:
and their wives ravished; by the same, and both before their eyes, and after that slain, in like manner as they had ravished the women in Zion, Lamentations 5:11.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Their 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 heartbroken parents. That these horrors were not unknown in Oriental nations of antiquity, is evident. Thus, the Psalmist implies that it would be done in Babylon, in exact accordance with this prediction of Isaiah; Psalms 137:8-9 :
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed:
Happy shall he be who rewardeth these as thou hast served us;
Happy shall he be who taketh and dasheth thy little ones
Against the stones.
Thus, also, it is said of Hazael, that when he came to be king of Syria, he would be guilty of this barbarity in regard to the Jews (2 Kings 8:13; compare Nahum 3:10). It was an evidence of the barbarous feelings of the times; and a proof that they were far, very far, from the humanity which is now deemed indispensable even in war.
Their houses shall be spoiled - Plundered. It is implied here, says Kimchi, that this was to be done also ‘before their eyes,’ and thus the horrors of the capture would be greatly increased.
