Isaiah 13:16

“Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes, &c.] Upon the ground, or against the wall, as was foretold should be, (<19D708>Psalm 137:8,9) and in way of retaliation for what they did to the Jews, (<143617>2 Chronicles 36:17) and this was to be done “before their eyes”, in the sight of the inhabitants, which must make it the more distressing and afflicting; and, as Kimchi observes, this phrase is to be applied to the following clauses: their houses shall be spoiled; plundered of the substance, wealth, and riches in them, by the Persian soldiers: and their wives ravished; by the same, and both before their eyes, and after that slain, in like manner as they had ravished the…”

“(Psa 137:8-9).”

“Their children also shall be dashed to pieces - This is a description of the horrors of the capture of Babylon; and there can be none more frightful and appalling than that which is here presented. That this is done in barbarous nations in the time of war, there can be no doubt. Nothing was more common among American savages, than to dash out the brains of infants against a rock or a tree, and it was often done before the eyes of the afflicted and heartbroken parents. That these horrors were not unknown in Oriental nations of antiquity, is evident. Thus, the Psalmist implies that it would be done in Babylon, in exact accordance with this prediction of Isaiah; Psalms 137:8-9 : O daughter of…”

“13:16 These terrible acts of war would be perpetrated against Babylon, itself a cruel conquering power (see also Ps 137:8-9; Jer 6:11-12; Nah 3:10).”

“children: Psa 137:8, Psa 137:9; Hos 10:14; Nah 3:10 and their: Lam 5:11; Zac 14:2 Isaiah 13:17”