Isaiah 13:17-19

International Standard Version

¹⁷ Watch out! I’m stirring up the Medes against them,
    who care nothing for silver
        and take no delight in gold.
¹⁸ Their bows will dash the young men to pieces;
    they’ll show no pity on those not yet born,^[a]
        and^[b] their eyes will not spare children.
¹⁹ Babylon, that jewel of kingdoms,
    the splendor and pride of the Chaldeans,
will be like Sodom and Gomorrah,
    when God overthrew them—