Isaiah 13:18 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 13:18

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.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Vers. 17, 18.) Behold, I will raise up against them the Medes, who do not seek silver, nor desire gold; but they will kill the small children with arrows, and have no mercy on the infants in the womb, and their eyes will not spare the children. We find in Genesis (Gen. X) that Madai was the founder of the nation of the Medes, which means measure, or from a mighty or strong one.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 18, 19.) All the kings of the nations slept in glory, each one in his own house. But you have been cast out of your tomb like a fetid liquid: defiled, wrapped up with the slain and those pierced by the sword, who descend to the depths of the pit. LXX: All the kings of the nations slept in honor, each one in his own house. But you will be cast down on the mountains like an untimely birth, abominable and wrapped up with the slain who descend to the foundations of the earth.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Their bows also shall dash “Their bows shall dash” - Both Herodotus, 1:61, and Xenophon, Anab. iii., mention, that the Persians used large bows τοξα μεγαλα: and the latter says particularly that their bows were three cubits long, Anab. 4. They were celebrated for their archers, see Isa 22:6; Jer 49:35. Probably their neighbours and allies, the Medes, dealt much in the same sort of arms.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּקְשָׁת֖וֹת	u.ke.sha.Tot	and bows	H7198 →
נְעָרִ֣ים	ne.'a.Rim	youths	H5288 →
תְּרַטַּ֑שְׁנָה	te.ra.Tash.nah	they will dash in pieces	H7376 →
וּפְרִי־	u.fe.ri-	and [the] fruit of	H6529 →
בֶ֙טֶן֙	ve.ten	[the] womb	H990 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יְרַחֵ֔מוּ	ye.ra.Che.mu	they will have compassion on	H7355 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
בָּנִ֖ים	ba.Nim	children	H1121 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
תָח֥וּס	ta.Chus	it will look with pity	H2347 →
עֵינָֽם׃	'ei.Nam	eye their	H5869 →

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Hosea 13:16
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.
leads to
- 2 Kings 15:16
  At that time Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in its vicinity, because they would not open their gates. So he attacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Kings 8:12
  “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,…
- Isaiah 13:16
  Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.
Through
2 Kings 8:12
“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,…
leads to
- Hosea 13:16
  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.
- Nahum 3:10
  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…
- 2 Kings 12:17
  At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 13:3
  So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them continually into the hands of Hazael king of Aram and his son Ben-hadad.
Through
Ezekiel 9:10
But as for Me, I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. I will bring their deeds down upon their own heads.”
leads to
- Ezekiel 7:4
  I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that I am…

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