Psalms 137:9
Happy shall he be who takes and dashes thy little ones against the rock.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 13:16Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes. Their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.
Hosea 13:16Samaria shall bear her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. They shall fall by the sword. Their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 137:8-9
The Sorrows of Captivity. 7 Remember, O Lord , the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. 8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. 9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. The pious Jews in Babylon, having afflicted themselves with the thoughts of the ruins of Jerusalem, here please themselves with the prospect of the ruin of her impenitent… Read the whole commentary →