Isaiah 13:16

16 Their infants will be crushed before their eyes; their houses plundered, their women raped.

Isaiah 13:16 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 13:16

Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their
eyes
Upon the ground, or against the wall, as was foretold should be, ( Psalms 137:8 Psalms 137:9 ) and in way of retaliation for what they did to the Jews, ( 2 Chronicles 36:17 ) and this was to be done "before their eyes", in the sight of the inhabitants, which must make it the more distressing and afflicting; and, as Kimchi observes, this phrase is to be applied to the following clauses: their houses shall be spoiled;
plundered of the substance, wealth, and riches in them, by the Persian soldiers: and their wives ravished;
by the same, and both before their eyes, and after that slain, in like manner as they had ravished the women in Zion, ( Lamentations 5:11 ) .

Isaiah 13:16 In-Context

14 They will be like hunted gazelles, like sheep without a shepherd; all will turn to their own people and flee to their own lands.

15 Whoever is found will be stabbed; whoever is caught will fall by the sword.

16 Their infants will be crushed before their eyes; their houses plundered, their women raped.

17 Look! I'm rousing the Medes against them; the Medes pay no mind to silver, no desire for gold.

18 Their bows will smash youths; they will be merciless to newborns, pitiless to children.