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18 Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons;[a]
they have no compassion on a person’s offspring;[b]
they will not[c] look with pity on children.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 13:18 tn Heb “and bows cut to bits young men.” “Bows” stands by metonymy for arrows.
  2. Isaiah 13:18 tn Heb “the fruit of the womb.”
  3. Isaiah 13:18 tn Heb “their eye does not.” Here “eye” is a metonymy for the whole person.