Isaiah 13:15
What does Isaiah 13:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 13:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is taken shall fall by the sword.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is taken shall fall by the sword.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Everyone who is overtaken will have a spear put through him, and everyone who goes in flight will be put to the sword.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Every one who is found is thrust through, And every one who is added falleth by sword.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Every one that shall be found, shall be slain: and every one that shall come to their aid, shall fall by the sword.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890All that are found shall be thrust through; and every one that is in league [with them] shall fall by the sword.
Context
v.14And it shall come to pass, that as the chased roe, and as sheep that no man gathereth, they shall turn every man to his own people, and shall flee every man to his own land.
v.15This passage
v.16Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 14:19
But thou art cast forth away from thy sepulchre like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain, that are thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a dead body trodden under foot.
- Isaiah 47:9
but these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come upon thee, in the multitude of thy sorceries, and the great abundance of thine enchantments.
- Jeremiah 51:3
Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his coat of mail: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
- Jeremiah 50:25
Jehovah hath opened his armory, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, hath a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans.
- Jeremiah 50:35
A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith Jehovah, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
- Jeremiah 50:27
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
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