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17 Behold I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not seek silver, nor desire gold:

18 But with their arrows they shall kill the children, and shall have no pity upon the sucklings of the womb, and their eye shall not spare their sons.

19 And that Babylon, glorious among kingdoms, the famous pride of the Chaldeans, shall be even as the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha.

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17 See, I will stir up(A) against them the Medes,(B)
    who do not care for silver
    and have no delight in gold.(C)
18 Their bows(D) will strike down the young men;(E)
    they will have no mercy(F) on infants,
    nor will they look with compassion on children.(G)
19 Babylon,(H) the jewel of kingdoms,(I)
    the pride and glory(J) of the Babylonians,[a]
will be overthrown(K) by God
    like Sodom and Gomorrah.(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 13:19 Or Chaldeans