Isaiah 13:17

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

Key Reflection

In Isaiah 13:17, these verses depict the horrific violence and chaos that will engulf Babylon, symbolizing God's judgment on a nation that has turned away from Him. The vivid imagery of infants being harmed and homes being looted underscores the utter destruction and desolation that awaits those who reject divine guidance.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Behold, I will stir up -I will cause them to engage in this enterprise. This is an instance of the control which God claims over the nations, and of his power to excite and direct them as he pleases. The Medes -This is one of the places in which the prophet specified, “by name,” the instrument of the wrath of God. Cyrus himself is subsequently mentionedIsaiah 44:28;Isaiah 45:1as the agent by which God would accomplish his purposes. It is remarkable, also, that ‘the Medes’ are mentioned here many years before they became a separate and independent nation.

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