Isaiah 13:16
Context13:16 Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes;
their houses will be looted
and their wives raped.
Isaiah 45:10
Context45:10 Danger awaits one who says 1 to his father,
“What in the world 2 are you fathering?”
and to his mother,
“What in the world are you bringing forth?” 3


[45:10] 1 tn Heb “Woe [to] one who says” (NASB and NIV both similar); NCV “How terrible it will be.”
[45:10] 2 tn See the note at v. 9. This phrase occurs a second time later in this verse.
[45:10] 3 sn Verses 9-10 may allude to the exiles’ criticism that the Lord does not appear to know what he is doing.