Isa.13.18

Isaiah 13:18

KJV GOD

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.

The Burden against Babylon

Babylon Will Fall to the Medes

Cross References

2 Kings 8:12

KJV

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 slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

Hazael Murders Ben-hadad

2 Chronicles 36:17

KJV

Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

The Fall of Jerusalem

Psalm 127:3

KJV

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

Children Are a Heritage from the LORD

A song of ascents. Of Solomon.

Isaiah 5:28

KJV

Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

Woes to the Wicked

Isaiah 13:16

KJV

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

The Burden against Babylon

Judgment on the Day of the LORD

Isaiah 47:9

KJV GOD

But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.

The Humiliation of Babylon

Jeremiah 5:16

KJV GOD

Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

Judgment Proclaimed

Jeremiah 6:23

KJV GOD

They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.

An Invasion from the North

Jeremiah 18:21

KJV

Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

Another Plot against Jeremiah

Jeremiah 50:30

KJV GOD

Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord.

The Destruction of Babylon

Jeremiah 50:42

KJV GOD

They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

The Destruction of Babylon

Jeremiah 51:22

KJV GOD

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;

Babylon’s Punishment

Ezekiel 9:5

KJV GOD

¶ And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:

Execution of the Idolaters

Ezekiel 9:10

KJV GOD

And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.