15 Whoever is captured will be thrust through, and whoever is caught will fall dead, killed by the sword.
Isaiah 13:15 Cross References - ISV
Isaiah 14:19-22
19 But you are cast away from your grave, like a repulsive branch, your clothing is the slain, those pierced by the sword; those who go down to the Pit. Like a dead body trampled underfoot,
20 you will not be united with them in burial, for you have destroyed your land, you have slain your people. People will never mention the descendants of those who practice evil again!
21 Prepare a massacre for his sons because of the guilt of their forefathers! They are not to rise and inherit the earth, and cover the surface of the world with cities.”
22Babylon’s Desolation“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, “and I will eliminate from Babylon her name and survivors, her offspring and descendants,” declares the LORD.
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Isaiah 47:9-14
9 Both of these things will overtake you suddenly on a single day: loss of children and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, despite the multitude of your incantations and the great power of your spells.”
10Self-Deception of the Babylonians“You trusted in your own knowledge. You said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge have misled you. You said in your heart, ‘I am the one, and there will be none besides me.’
11 “But disaster will come upon you, and you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will not be able to ward off; and devastation will come upon you suddenly, and you won’t anticipate it.
12 “But stand up now with your spells and your many incantations, at which you have labored from your childhood until today,
13 according to your multiple schemes. Let them stand up now— those who conjure the heavens and gaze at the stars, predicting at the new moons— and save you from what is about to happen to them.
14 “See, they are just like stubble; fire burns them up. They could not even save themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals for warming oneself, no fire to sit by.
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Jeremiah 50:25
25 “The LORD will open his armory, and bring out the weapons of his anger. Indeed, a work of the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies will be in the land of the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah 50:27
27 Put all her bulls to the sword, let them go down to the slaughter. How terrible for them because their day has come, the time of their judgment.
Jeremiah 50:35-42
35 A sword against the Chaldeans,” declares the LORD, “and against the inhabitants of Babylon, against her officials and her wise men.
36 A sword against the diviners. They’ll be made fools. A sword against her warriors. They’ll be shattered.
37 A sword against her horses, against her chariots, and against all the foreign troops in her midst. They’ll become women. A sword against her treasures. They’ll be plundered.
38 A drought against her waters. They’ll dry up. For it’s a land of idols, and they go mad over their terrifying images.
39 Therefore the desert creatures along with hyenas will live there. They’ll live in it with ostriches, but people won’t live in it again. They won’t inhabit it from generation to generation.
40 Just as when God overthrew Sodom, Gomorrah, and their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “so also no one will live there. No human being will reside in it.
41 “Look, people are coming from the north. A great nation and many kings will be stirred up from the ends of the earth.
42 They grab bow and spear. They’re cruel and show no mercy. Their sound roars like the sea, as they ride on horses deployed like men ready for battle against you, daughter of Babylon.