Isaiah 13:18

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Their bows will strike down the young men; they will show no mercy to the offspring of the womb, nor will they pity children.

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  • 2 Kgs 8:12 : 12 Hazael asked, "Why is my lord weeping?" Elisha answered, "Because I know the harm you will do to the people of Israel. You will set their fortresses on fire, you will kill their young men with the sword, you will dash their little ones to pieces, and you will rip open their pregnant women."
  • 2 Chr 36:17 : 17 So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in their sanctuary and showed no mercy to young men, young women, the elderly, or the infirm; God delivered them all into his hand.
  • Isa 13:16 : 16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered, and their wives will be violated.
  • Ezek 9:5-6 : 5 To the others, he said in my hearing, 'Pass through the city after him and strike down. Do not let your eye spare, and do not show pity.' 6 Old men, young men, virgins, children, and women—kill them all to the point of destruction. But do not go near anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.' So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.
  • Ezek 9:10 : 10 'But as for me, my eye will not spare, nor will I show pity. I will bring their actions back upon their own heads.'
  • Nah 2:1 : 1 See, on the mountains, the feet of the one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your festivals, Judah, and fulfill your vows, for the wicked one will never again pass through you; he is completely cut off.
  • Nah 3:10 : 10 Yet she went into exile, carried away into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at every street corner. Lots were cast for her nobles, and all her great men were bound in chains.

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    15Whoever is found will be pierced through, and whoever is caught will fall by the sword.

    16Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered, and their wives will be violated.

    17Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them, who do not value silver and have no delight in gold.

  • Jer 51:3-4
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    3Do not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; completely destroy her entire army.

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  • Jer 18:21
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    21So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed, and let their men die by deadly disease; let their young men be struck down in battle.

  • Jer 50:42
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    42They hold bows and spears; they are cruel and show no mercy. Their roar is like the roaring sea, and they ride on horses, arrayed like men ready for battle against you, Daughter of Babylon.

  • Jer 13:14
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    14And I will shatter them, one against another, fathers and sons together,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will show no pity, no compassion, and no mercy to prevent their destruction.’

  • 2 Chr 36:17
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    17So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in their sanctuary and showed no mercy to young men, young women, the elderly, or the infirm; God delivered them all into his hand.

  • Nah 3:10
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    10Yet she went into exile, carried away into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at every street corner. Lots were cast for her nobles, and all her great men were bound in chains.

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    19Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.

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    21Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons because of the iniquity of their fathers. Let them not rise to possess the land or fill the face of the earth with cities.

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    14the roar of battle will rise against your people, and all your fortresses will be devastated—as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces with their children.

  • Jer 6:23
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    23They grasp bow and spear; they are cruel and show no mercy. Their sound roars like the sea, and they ride on horses, arrayed as men for battle against you, Daughter Zion.'

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    13Because of the LORD's wrath, she will not be inhabited but will become completely desolate. Everyone who passes by Babylon will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.

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  • Jer 5:16-17
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    16Their quiver is like an open grave; all of them are mighty warriors.

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    30Therefore, her young men will fall in her streets, and all her soldiers will perish on that day, declares the LORD.

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    4Plead with your mother, plead! For she is not my wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove her adulteries from before her face and her unfaithfulness from between her breasts.

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