The Meaning of Isaiah 13:16 Explained

Isaiah 13:16

KJV: Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

YLT: And their sucklings are dashed to pieces before their eyes, Spoiled are their houses, and their wives lain with.

Darby: And their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes, their houses shall be rifled, and their women ravished.

ASV: Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Their children  also shall be dashed to pieces  before their eyes;  their houses  shall be spoiled,  and their wives  ravished  {08675;07693:08735}. 

What does Isaiah 13:16 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 13

1  God musters the armies of his wrath
6  He threatens to destroy Babylon by the Medes
19  The desolation of Babylon

What do the individual words in Isaiah 13:16 mean?

And their children will be dashed to pieces before their eyes will be plundered their houses and their wives - ravished
וְעֹלְלֵיהֶ֥ם יְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּ לְעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם יִשַּׁ֙סּוּ֙ בָּֽתֵּיהֶ֔ם וּנְשֵׁיהֶ֖ם [תשגלנה] (תִּשָּׁכַֽבְנָה)

וְעֹלְלֵיהֶ֥ם  And  their  children 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: עֹולֵל 
Sense: child, boy.
יְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּ  will  be  dashed  to  pieces 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: רָטַשׁ  
Sense: to dash to pieces.
לְעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם  before  their  eyes 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, cdc, third person masculine plural
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
יִשַּׁ֙סּוּ֙  will  be  plundered 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁסַס  
Sense: to plunder, spoil.
בָּֽתֵּיהֶ֔ם  their  houses 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
וּנְשֵׁיהֶ֖ם  and  their  wives 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
[תשגלנה]  - 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person feminine plural
(תִּשָּׁכַֽבְנָה)  ravished 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: שָׁגַל  
Sense: to violate, ravish.