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15 Any who are found will be slaughtered;
    without exception they will be slain by the sword.
16 Their infants will be smashed to pieces before their eyes;
    their houses will be plundered
    and their wives will be ravished.
17 Behold, I am stirring up against them the Medes
    who have no interest in silver
    and are not tempted by gold.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 13:17 The Medes were originally warlike tribes from the mountains east of Babylonia; once gathered as a kingdom, they were first allied with Babylon against the Assyrians; later, joined with the Persians, they would contribute to the fall of Babylon.