John Trapp on Isaiah 13:17-18

Ver. 17. Behold I will ſtir up the Medes] together with the Perſians, under the conduct of Darius and Cyrus.

Which ſhall not regard ſilver] ſc. For a ranſom, but ſhall kill all they meet, though never ſo rich, and able to redeem their lives, as Pro. 13.8. Jer. 41.8.

Incredibilis ſanguinis aviditas in milite bacchabi[illegible: 2 letters]r.Ver. 18. Their bowes alſo ſhall daſh the yong men] They ſhall double deſtroy them. O Barbaram crudelitatem!

And they ſhall have no pitty on the fruit of the womb] Quamvis adhuc teneri eſſent & fructus novelli, ripping up their mothers, as Am. 1.13. as at the Sicilian Veſpers, and as in the late Pariſian and Iriſh Maſſacres, which were the moſt prodigious horrid villan[illegible: 1 letter]es that ever the Sun ſaw.

Their eye ſhall not spare children] In the Maſſacre of Paris, a bloody Papiſt having ſnatcht up a little child of one of the Proteſtants in his arms, the poor Babe began to play with his beard,Act. & Mon. and to ſmile upon him. But he, more mercyleſs then a Tiger, ſtabbed it with a dagger, and ſo caſt it all gore-blood into the River.