Isaiah 13:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.”
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“Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Lo, I am stirring up against them the Medes, Who silver esteem not, And gold--they delight not in it.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 13:17 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 6:34For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
- Isaiah 13:3I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.
- Isaiah 21:2A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”
- Isaiah 41:25I have raised up one from the north, and he has come— one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.
- Jeremiah 50:9For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.
- Jeremiah 51:11Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD— vengeance for His temple.
- Jeremiah 51:27“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her— Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.
- Daniel 5:28PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”
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