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Isaiah 13:18 Cross-References
Explore 8 cross-references for Isaiah 13:18 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Isaiah chapter 13 verse 18 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Isaiah 13:18 (KJV)
Commentary on Isaiah 13:18
The brutality continues: '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.' Medo-Persian archers were legendary. The image of bows dashing young men suggests both arrows killing soldiers and perhaps brutal treatment after conquest. The specific mention of no pity on unborn children ('fruit of the womb') or children emphasizes judgment's comprehensiveness—no future generation survives. This is dynastic termination, not just military defeat. The repetition of judgment-on-children language (see v.16) stre...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Isaiah 13:18
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“Why weeps my lord? He answered”
“who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary”
“and their pregnant women will be ripped open.,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., תֶּאְשַׁם שֹׁמְרוֹן כִּי מָרְתָה בֵּאלֹהֶיהָ בַּחֶרֶב יִפֹּלוּ עֹלְלֵיהֶם יְרֻטָּשׁוּ וְהָרִיּוֹתָיו יְבֻקָּעוּ׃ פ ,Samaria shall bear her guilt, 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.,14:1 ἀφανισθήσεται σαμάρεια ὅτι ἀντέστη πρὸς τὸν θεὸν αὐτῆς ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ πεσοῦνται αὐτοί καὶ τὰ ὑποτίτθια αὐτῶν ἐδαφισθήσονται καὶ αἱ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσαι αὐτῶν διαρραγήσονται,14:1 Samaria shall be utterly destroyed: for she has resisted her God; they shall fall by the sword, and their sucklings shall be dashed against the ground, and their women and child ripped up.,,,,”
“and their wives raped.”
“my eye shall not spare”
“Go you through the city after him”
“He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition”
“and they cast lots for her honorable men”