ISA 13:16 Parallel Verse View

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13:16 Variant note: תשגלנה: (x-qere) ’תִּשָּׁכַֽבְנָה’: lemma_7901 n_0 morph_HVNi3fp id_23fNB תִּשָּׁכַֽבְנָה

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν ῥάξουσιν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰς οἰκίας αὐτῶν προνομεύσουσιν, καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας αὐτῶν ἕξουσιν.
(Kai ta tekna autōn ɽaxousin enōpion autōn, kai tas oikias autōn pronomeusousin, kai tas gunaikas autōn hexousin. )

BrTr And they shall dash their children before their eyes; and they shall spoil their houses, and shall take their wives.

ULT and their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes,
⇔ their houses will be plundered, and their wives, raped.

UST Their little children will be dashed to pieces on the rocks while their parents watch;
⇔ their enemies will steal everything valuable from their houses and will force their wives to sleep with them.

BSB ⇔ Their infants will be dashed to pieces
⇔ before their eyes,
⇔ their houses will be looted,
⇔ and their wives will be ravished.

OEB Their babes will be dashed in pieces
⇔ before their very eyes;
⇔ their houses will be plundered,
⇔ and ravished their wives will be.

WEBBE Their infants also will be dashed in pieces before their eyes. Their houses will be ransacked, and their wives raped.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes;
⇔ their houses will be looted
⇔ and their wives raped.

LSV And their sucklings are dashed to pieces before their eyes,
Their houses are spoiled, and their wives lain with.

FBV Their little children will be dashed to pieces as they watch, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be raped.

T4T Their little children will be dashed to pieces on the rocks while their parents watch;
⇔ their enemies will steal everything valuable from their houses and will rape their wives.

LEB • their houses will be plundered, and their wives will be raped.[fn]

13:14 The reading tradition (Qere) softens this to “slept with”

BBE Their young children will be broken up before their eyes; their goods will be taken away, and their wives made the property of others.

Moff No Moff ISA book available

JPS Their babes also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

ASV Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.

DRA Their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes: their houses shall be pillaged, and their wives shall be ravished.

YLT And their sucklings are dashed to pieces before their eyes, Spoiled are their houses, and their wives lain with.

Drby And their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes, their houses shall be rifled, and their women ravished.

RV Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

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

KJB-1769 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 spoild, and their wives ravished. )

KJB-1611 [fn]Their children also shalbe dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses shalbe spoiled, & their wiues rauished.
(Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses shall be spoild, and their wives rauished.)

13:16 Psal. 137. 9.

Bshps Their chyldren shalbe slayne before their eyes: their house spoyled, and their wiues rauished.
(Their children shall be slain/killed before their eyes: their house spoild, and their wives rauished.)

Gnva 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 spoild, and their wives rauished. )

Cvdl Their children shalbe slayne before their eyes, their houses spoyled, & their wyues rauyshed.
(Their children shall be slain/killed before their eyes, their houses spoild, and their wives rauyshed.)

Wycl 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 young children of them should be hurtlid down before the eyes of them; her houses should be rauischid, and her wives should be defoulid.)

Luth Es sollen auch ihre Kinder vor ihren Augen zerschmettert, ihre Häuser geplündert und ihre Weiber geschändet werden.
(It sollen also their/her children before/in_front_of your Augen zerschmettert, their/her Häuser geplündert and their/her women geschändet become.)

ClVg infantes eorum allidentur in oculis eorum, diripientur domus eorum, et uxores eorum violabuntur.
(infantes their allidentur in oculis their, diripientur home their, and uxores their violabuntur. )

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

The Day of the Lord

The expression day of the Lord refers to a time of retribution when God judges his enemies in wrath and fury. The ungodly receive the punishment they deserve, while the righteous enter into their full salvation (see Isa 3:16–4:6). On the day of the Lord, God manifests his awe-inspiring lordship over creation. When God comes in glory, humans experience terror (2:10, 19, 21) because all human support structures (religious, economic, military, social) come under his scrutiny.

This expression first appeared in the prophecy of Amos (Amos 5:18), but evidently it did not originate with him. Amos was correcting a popular misunderstanding that the Israelites already held. They believed that the day of the Lord would be a joyous day of salvation when God would intervene in the world to judge Israel’s enemies and reestablish Israelite rule over all of greater Canaan. But Amos warned the Israelites that the day of the Lord would not be light for them, but darkness, for they were in rebellion against him (see Amos 5:10-12, 21-27). Self-confident Israelites assumed that God was always on their side, but their sins had, in fact, made them God’s enemies, and they deserved his full punishment.

The expression became part of the standard vocabulary of the prophets, often being referred to simply as “that day” (e.g., Isa 2:11; 27:1; Zeph 1:8). In light of God’s warnings and the people’s sinfulness, the prophets envisioned that day as imminent (see, e.g., Joel 1:15; 2:1). As such, they hoped that their warnings would spur repentance among God’s people (see Zeph 2:1-3). Unfortunately, their warnings largely fell on deaf ears. The day of the Lord came for the northern kingdom when Assyria destroyed Samaria; it came for the southern kingdom when Babylon invaded in 605–586 BC and destroyed Jerusalem.

While the day of the Lord is catastrophic for the ungodly—Joel compares its devastation to that of a locust plague (Joel 1:1–2:11)—it provides assurance to God’s people that God is sovereign and just, and it serves as a day of salvation for those who have listened to the prophets and turned to the Lord (see Joel 2:31-32). The same God who would bring devastation upon his enemies would be a refuge and a fortress for his people (Joel 3:11). And the nations that were used by God to bring his judgment upon Israel and Judah would later face their own day of the Lord (see, e.g., Isa 13:4-22; Ezek 30:1-5; Obad 1:15-16).

While the judgment referred to by the Old Testament prophets was largely realized in the Exile, New Testament writers picked up the expression day of the Lord to speak of the return of Christ as judge of all the earth. That day will come “as unexpectedly as a thief” (2 Pet 3:10; see also 1 Thes 5:2-4), so God’s people must be prepared—or else face a similar fate to those who failed to heed the warnings of the prophets.

Passages for Further Study

Isa 2:10-22; 4:1-6; 13:4-12; Ezek 30:1-5; Joel 1:13-15; 2:1-11, 28-32; 3:9-16; Amos 5:18-24; Obad 1:15-16; Zeph 1:2-18; Mal 4:1-5; 1 Cor 1:8; 5:5; 1 Thes 5:2; 2 Thes 2:2; 2 Tim 1:18; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 20:1-15

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) Their infants also will be dashed in pieces

(Some words not found in UHB: and,infants,their dashed_to_pieces before,eyes,their plundered houses,their and,wives,their ravished )

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “The enemy will also dash their infants to pieces” or “The enemy will beat their infants until they die”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) before their eyes

(Some words not found in UHB: and,infants,their dashed_to_pieces before,eyes,their plundered houses,their and,wives,their ravished )

Here the people are represented by their “eyes” to emphasize what they see. It can be stated clearly that the parents are unable to help their infants. Alternate translation: “in front of them” or “while their parents helplessly watch” (See also: figs-synecdoche)

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) Their houses will be plundered

(Some words not found in UHB: and,infants,their dashed_to_pieces before,eyes,their plundered houses,their and,wives,their ravished )

This means that everything valuable will be stolen from their houses. If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “The enemy will plunder the people’s houses” or “The enemy will steal everything valuable from the people’s houses”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

(Occurrence 0) their wives raped

(Some words not found in UHB: and,infants,their dashed_to_pieces before,eyes,their plundered houses,their and,wives,their ravished )

This means that the enemies will attack the women and force them to have sex with them. The words “will be” are understood. This can also be expressed with an active form. Alternate translation: “their wives will be raped” or “their enemies will rape their wives” (See also: figs-activepassive)

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