Isaiah 13:18

¹⁸Their bows will strike down the young men; they will have no mercy on infants, nor will they look with compassion on children.

Isaiah 13 opens a major section of the book, shifting from promises of a coming King to a series of oracles against the nations. This chapter delivers a devastating prophecy against Babylon, the empire that would later conquer Judah. The language is cosmic and apocalyptic: the Day o