Isaiah 13:15

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.”

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BSBPD

“Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is taken shall fall by the sword.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Every one who is found is thrust through, And every one who is added falleth by sword.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 13:15 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 14:19But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.
  2. Isaiah 47:9These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.
  3. Jeremiah 50:25The LORD has opened His armory and brought out His weapons of wrath, for this is the work of the Lord GOD of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
  4. Jeremiah 50:27Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come— the time of their punishment.
  5. Jeremiah 50:35A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against those who live in Babylon, and against her officials and wise men.
  6. Jeremiah 51:3Do not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; devote all her army to destruction!

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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