^{15 Ref} Everyone who is overtaken will have a spear put through him, and everyone who goes in flight will be put to the sword.

^{16 Ref} Their young children will be broken up before their eyes; their goods will be taken away, and their wives made the property of others.

^{17 Ref} See, I am driving the Medes against them, who put no value on silver and have no pleasure in gold.

^{18 Ref} In their hands are bows and spears; they are cruel, violently putting the young men to death, and crushing the young women; they have no pity for children, and no mercy for the fruit of the body.