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18 Their bows will strike down the young,
and they will have no pity on newborn infants.[a]
There will be no compassion in their eyes for children.

19 Babylon is the glory of kingdoms,
the beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride,
but it will be just like the day when God overthrew
    Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 It will never be inhabited again,
nor will anyone live in it from generation to generation.
No Arab[b] will pitch his tent there.
No shepherd will rest his flocks there.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 13:18 Literally on the fruit of the womb
  2. Isaiah 13:20 Or nomad