Isaiah 13:15

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

Everyone who is found will be pierced, and everyone who is captured will fall by the sword;

Latin

Omnis qui inventus fuerit occidetur, et omnis qui supervenerit cadet in gladio;

Hebrew

English

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

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah 47:9–14
These 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.
Jeremiah 51:3–4
Do not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; devote all her army to destruction!
Jeremiah 50:25
The 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.
Isaiah 14:19–22
But 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.
Jeremiah 50:35–42
A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against those who live in Babylon, and against her officials and wise men.
Jeremiah 50:27
Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come—the time of their punishment.