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18 And their bows will shatter young men.
    And they will not show mercy on the fruit of the womb;
    their eyes will not look compassionately on children.

19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the splendor of the Chaldeans’ pride, will be like when God overthrew[a] Sodom and Gomorrah.

20 It will not be inhabited forever,
    and it will not be dwelled in forever;[b]
and no Arab will pitch a tent there,
    and shepherds will not allow their flocks to lie down there.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 13:19 Literally “the overthrow by God of”
  2. Isaiah 13:20 Literally “until generation and generation”